Toxin B
BE0008671ProteinPeptoclostridium difficiletcdB
Toxin B Precursor of a cytotoxin that targets and disrupts the colonic epithelium, inducing the host inflammatory and innate immune responses and resulting in diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis (PubMed:20844489, PubMed:24919149). It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- tcdB
- UniProtKB entry
- P18177Swiss-Prot
- Residues / weight
- 2,366 residues · 269,709 Da
- Also known as
- 3.4.22.- · tcdB · toxB
Resolves to
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 04, 2024
Which approved drugs act on Toxin B, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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