Biology:Epsilon antitoxin

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Bacterial epsilon antitoxin
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crystal structure of the plasmid maintenance system epsilon/zeta: meachnism of toxin inactivation and toxin function
Identifiers
SymbolEpsilon_antitox
PfamPF08998
InterProIPR015090

In molecular biology, the epsilon antitoxin, produced by various prokaryotes, forms part of a post-segregational killing system, which is involved in the initiation of programmed cell death of plasmid-free cells. The protein is folded into a three-helix bundle that directly interacts with the zeta toxin, inactivating it.[1]

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR015090