Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Dynamics of the Large Progenitor Toxin Complex of Clostridium botulinum

Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are one of the powerful toxins in nature however the toxicity is immediately eradicated by the tough environment in the digestive system because BoNTs are simply the proteins. 

Clostridium botulinum
However, BoNTs can reach synaptic junctions because of support of other protein by aggregating with one another, merging with BoNTs and building a sizable progenitor toxin complicated (L-PTC). To be able to clarify the way the complex formation permits the BoNTs tointrude into the body, we discovered that the three-dimensional framework of the L-PTC involves an ovoid body with three feet and speculated important functions in the torso and the lower limbs. In the feet part, it is effective for promoting absorption especially from the tiny intestine. 

Because experimental results showed that the legs are have and flexible specific binding sites of saccharides, the L-PTC may be helped by the flexibilities to easily gain access to the binding sites to the saccharides on the intestinal surface. However, such flexibilities have been only investigated byexperimental methods. Which means that we still have not objectively talked about what movements are made from the condition of the L-PTC and the way the structure is evolved steadily?