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- Title
Proteolytic inactivation of MAP-kinase-kinase by anthrax lethal factor.
- Authors
Duesbery, N S; Webb, C P; Leppla, S H; Gordon, V M; Klimpel, K R; Copeland, T D; Ahn, N G; Oskarsson, M K; Fukasawa, K; Paull, K D; Vande Woude, G F
- Abstract
Anthrax lethal toxin, produced by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is the major cause of death in animals infected with anthrax. One component of this toxin, lethal factor (LF), is suspected to be a metalloprotease, but no physiological substrates have been identified. Here it is shown that LF is a protease that cleaves the amino terminus of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases 1 and 2 (MAPKK1 and MAPKK2) and that this cleavage inactivates MAPKK1 and inhibits the MAPK signal transduction pathway. The identification of a cleavage site for LF may facilitate the development of LF inhibitors.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 1998, Vol 280, Issue 5364, p734
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.280.5364.734