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. 2021 Jun 2;85(3):e00064-21. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.00064-21

TABLE 8.

Substrate specificity of LCT glycosyltransferase domainsa

LCT Sugar donor(s) Transfer(s) Strain Target(s)
TcdA UDP-glucose (220) Glucose VPI 10463 (A1) RhoA/B/C, Rac1, RhoG, Cdc42, Rap1/2, H/K/N-Ras (277, 278)
C34 Rho, Rac, Cdc42, Rap (279)
TcdB UDP-glucose (220) Glucose VPI 10463 (B1) RhoA/B/C, Rac1/2/3, Cdc42, RhoG (177, 277, 278, 280)
RT027 (B2) RhoA/B, Rac1/2/3, Cdc42, Rap1A/2A, R-Ras (177, 277, 281)
1470 (B3) Rac, Cdc42, Rap, Ral, R-Ras (282)
8864 (B4) Rac, Cdc42, Rap, Ral, R-Ras (279, 283)
C34 (B7)b Rho, Rac, Cdc42, Rap, Ral, R-Ras (279)
RT019 (B7) Rac1/2/3, Cdc42, Rap2A/1B, R-Ras1/2, (H/K)-Ras (177, 281)
HMX-152 (B7) RhoA (110)
HSJD-312 (B7) RhoA (110)
HMX-149 (B11) RhoA (110)
TcsL UDP-glucose (221) Glucose VPI 9048 Rac, Cdc42, Rap, Ras (221, 284)
IP 82 Rac, Rap, Ral, Ras (221, 285)
6018 Rac1, RhoG, Rap1/2, Ral, (H/K/N)-Ras (277, 284)
TcsH UDP-glucosec (221) Glucose VPI 9048 Rho, Rac, Cdc42, Ras (221, 286)
TcnA UDP-GlcNAc (222) N-Acetylglucosamine 590, 19402 Rho, Rac, Cdc42 (221, 287)
TpeL UDP-glucose, UDP-GlcNAcd (189, 223) Glucose, N-acetylglucosamine MC18 Rac, Rap, Ral, Ras (223)
JGS1495 (H/K/N)-Ras (288)

aThis table is based in part on data from Chandrasekaran and Lacy (239). If the sequence of the C. difficile subtype was available, the TcdA or TcdB subtype is indicated in parentheses. Subtyping based on that reported by Mansfield et al. (138).

bBased on partial sequencing of the toxin gene.

cBased on conservation of key UDP-glucose binding features.

dPreferentially modifies GTPases by GlcNAcylation using UDP-GlcNAc (189).