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The mutants with substitutions at positions 118 and 122 all retained T-cell stimulatory activity, whereas the histidine mutants at position 47 were defective in the ability to stimulate T-cell proliferation. Further toxicity assays<jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>indicated that mutants SEC2-H118A and SEC2-H122A were defective in emetic and febrile activities. However, mutant SEC2-H47A could cause significant emetic and febrile responses in comparison with the other two histidine mutants. These findings suggested that the zinc-coordinating histidine residues play significant roles in superantigen and toxic activities of SEC2 and further implied that superantigen and febrile activities could be separable in staphylococcal enterotoxins. 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