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Difference in cholesterol-binding and cytolytic activities between listeriolysin O and seeligeriolysin O: a possible role of alanine residue in tryptophan-rich undecapeptide.
FEMS microbiology letters - 25 Sept 2001
Ito Y, Kawamura I, Kohda C, Baba H, Kimoto T, Watanabe I, Nomura T, Mitsuyama M
Abstract excerpt
We have constructed recombinant listeriolysin O (rLLO) and seeligeriolysin O (rLSO) from Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria seeligeri, respectively. In hemolysis and cholesterol-binding assays, the specific activity of recombinant toxin was lower for LSO as compared to LLO. To understand the molecular basis of this difference, in particular with respect to the conserved Trp-rich undecapeptide, a naturally...
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