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Publikováno v:
Cell. 126:1135-1145
SummaryMany pathogenic organisms produce pore-forming toxins as virulence factors. Target cells however mount a response to such membrane damage. Here we show that toxin-induced membrane permeabilization leads to a decrease in cytoplasmic potassium,
Autor:
Susanne C. Feil, S M Raja, Jamie Rossjohn, J T Buckley, Michael W. Parker, F. G. van der Goot, K L Nelson
Publikováno v:
Biochemistry, Vol. 37, No 2 (1998) pp. 741-746
Aerolysin is a channel-forming toxin that must oligomerize in order to become insertion-competent. Modeling based on the crystal structure of the proaerolysin dimer and electron microscopic images of the oligomer indicated that a loop in domain 3 mus