The ApxIVA protein belongs to a distinct class of a “clip and link” activity of Repeat-in-ToXin (RTX) exoproteins. Along with three other pore-forming RTX toxins (ApxI, ApxII and ApxIII), ApxIVA serves as a major virulence factor of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, the causative agent of porcine pne...
ORGANISM(S): Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Bacteria
