Exotoxin type C

UniProtKB accession:  Q8NKX2

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UniProtKB description:  Superantigen that acts as a causative agent of the symptoms associated with scarlet fever (PubMed:1500157, PubMed:1987034, PubMed:9253413, PubMed:11163233). Has been associated with streptococcal toxic shock-like disease and may play a role in the early events of rheumatic fever (PubMed:1500157, PubMed:9253413, PubMed:11163233). Superantigens cross-link major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and T-cell receptor (TCR) molecules, resulting in an overstimulation of T-cells associated with a massive release of pyrogenic and inflammatory cytokines (PubMed:9253413, PubMed:11163233).