RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Edodin: A new type of toxin from shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes) that inactivates mammalian ribosomes A1 Citores González, Lucía A1 Ragucci, Sara A1 Gay, Claudia C. A1 Russo, Rosita A1 Chambery, Angela A1 Di Maro, Antimo A1 Iglesias Álvarez, María del Rosario A1 Ferreras Rodríguez, José Miguel K1 Protein Synthesis K1 Pyridoxal phosphate K1 Ribosome inactivating protein K1 Ribotoxin K1 Lentinula edodes K1 Shiitake K1 rRNA N-glycosylase K1 Toxin K1 2302.27 Proteínas K1 2301 Química Analítica K1 2302 Bioquímica K1 3214 Toxicología AB Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are a group of proteins with rRNA N-glycosylase activity that irreversibly inhibit protein synthesis and consequently cause cell death. Recently, an RIP called ledodin has been found in shiitake; it is cytotoxic, strongly inhibits protein synthesis, and shows rRNA N-glycosylase activity. In this work, we isolated and characterized a 50 kDa cytotoxic protein from shiitake that we named edodin. Edodin inhibits protein synthesis in a mammalian cell-free system, but not in insect-, yeast-, and bacteria-derived systems. It exhibits rRNA N-glycosylase and DNA-nicking activities, which relate it to plant RIPs. It was also shown to be toxic to HeLa and COLO 320 cells. Its structure is not related to other RIPs found in plants, bacteria, or fungi, but, instead, it presents the characteristic structure of the fold type I of pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzymes. Homologous sequences have been found in other fungi of the class Agaricomycetes; thus, edodin could be a new type of toxin present in many fungi, some of them edible, which makes them of great interest in health, both for their involvement in food safety and for their potential biomedical and biotechnological applications. PB MDPI SN 2072-6651 YR 2024 FD 2024 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/67417 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/67417 LA eng NO Toxins, 2024, Vol. 16, Nº. 4, 185 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 24-nov-2024