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Role of helix B residues in interfacial activation of a bacterial phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C.
Biochemistry - 8 Apr 2008
Guo Su, Zhang Xin, Seaton Barbara A, Roberts Mary F
Abstract excerpt
The Bacillus thuringiensis phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), an interfacial enzyme associated with prokaryotic infectivity, is activated by binding to zwitterionic surfaces, particularly phosphatidycholine (PC). Two tryptophan residues (Trp47 in the two-turn helix B and Trp242 in a disordered loop) at the rim of the barrel structure are critical for this interaction. The helix B region...
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