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Permeabilization of E. coli K12 inner and outer membranes by bothropstoxin-I, A LYS49 phospholipase A2 from Bothrops jararacussu.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology - 15 Mar 2008
Aragão Elisangela Aparecida, Chioato Lucimara, Ward Richard J
Abstract excerpt
Although lacking catalytic activity, the Lys49-PLA(2)s damage artificial membranes by a Ca(2+)-independent mechanism, and demonstrate a potent bactericidal effect. The relationship between the membrane-damaging activity and bactericidal effect of bothropstoxin-I (BthTx-I), a Lys49-PLA(2) from the venom of Bothrops jararacussu, was evaluated for the wild-type protein and a series of site-directed mutants in the...
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