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botulinum toxin (medicine)


botulinum toxin
<protein> Neurotoxin (50 kD, 7 distinct serotypes) produced by certain strains of Clostridium botulinum.

The bacterium produces the toxin as a complex with a haemagglutinin that prevents toxin inactivation in the gut. Proteolysis in the body results in cleavage into two fragments A and B. B binds to gangliosides and may stimulate the endocytosis of fragment A.

See: synaptobrevin, tetanus toxin.