Protective antigen
BE0004747ProteinBacillus anthracispagA
Protective antigen constitutes one of the three proteins composing the anthrax toxin; it mediates attachment to host cells and translocation of edema factor (EF) and lethal factor (LF) into the host cytoplasm (PubMed:11700562, PubMed:14507921, PubMed:15243628,... It is acted on by 5 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- pagA
- UniProtKB entry
- P13423Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 764 residues · 85,810 Da
- Also known as
- Anthrax toxins translocating protein · PA · PA-83 · PA83 · pag
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What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Protective antigen, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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