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Crystal structure of listeriolysin O reveals molecular details of oligomerization and pore formation.
Nature communications - 22 Apr 2014
Köster Stefan, van Pee Katharina, Hudel Martina, Leustik Martin, Rhinow Daniel, Kühlbrandt Werner, Chakraborty Trinad, Yildiz Özkan
Abstract excerpt
Listeriolysin O (LLO) is an essential virulence factor of Listeria monocytogenes that causes listeriosis. Listeria monocytogenes owes its ability to live within cells to the pH- and temperature-dependent pore-forming activity of LLO, which is unique among cholesterol-dependent cytolysins. LLO enables the bacteria to cross the phagosomal membrane and is also involved in activation of cellular processes, including...
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