Towards new cholera prophylactics and treatment: Crystal structures of bacterial enterotoxins in complex with GM1 mimics

Abstract Cholera is a life-threatening disease in many countries, and new drugs are clearly needed. C-glycosidic antagonists may serve such a purpose. Here we report atomic-resolution crystal structures of three such compounds in complexes with the cholera toxin. The structures give unprecedented at...

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Main Authors: Julie Elisabeth Heggelund, Alasdair Mackenzie, Tobias Martinsen, Joel Benjamin Heim, Pavel Cheshev, Anna Bernardi, Ute Krengel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02179-0