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  • Title: ADP-ribosyltransferase from beef liver which ADP-ribosylates elongation factor-2.
    Author: Iglewski WJ, Lee H, Muller P.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 1984 Jul 23; 173(1):113-8. PubMed ID: 6086394.
    Abstract:
    Fragment A of diphtheria toxin and Pseudomonas toxin A intoxicate cells by ADP-ribosylating the diphthamide residue of elongation factor-2 (EF-2) resulting in an inhibition of protein synthesis [1-3]. A cellular enzyme from polyoma virus transformed baby hamster kidney (pyBHK) cells ADP-ribosylates EF-2 in an identical manner [4]. Here we describe a similar cellular enzyme from beef liver which transfers [adenosine-14C]ADP-ribose from NAD to EF-2. The 14C-label can be removed from the EF-2 by snake venom phosphodiesterase as a soluble product which comigrates with AMP on TLC plates, indicating the 14C-label is present on EF-2 as monomeric units of ADP-ribose. Furthermore, the forward transferase reaction catalyzed by the beef liver ADP-ribosyltransferase is reversible by excess diphtheria toxin fragment A, with the formation of 14C-labeled NAD, indicating that both transferases ADP-ribosylate the same site on the diphthamide residue of EF-2. Thus, beef liver and pyBHK mono(ADP-ribosyl)transferases both modify the diphthamide residue of EF-2, in a manner identical to diphtheria toxin fragment A and Pseudomonas toxin A. These results suggest the cellular enzyme is probably ubiquitous among eukaryotic cells.
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