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Disulphide bond restrains the C-terminal region of thermostable direct hemolysin during folding to promote oligomerization.
The Biochemical journal - 15 Jan 2017
Kundu Nidhi, Tichkule Swapnil, Pandit Shashi Bhushan, Chattopadhyay Kausik
Abstract excerpt
Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are typically produced as water-soluble monomers, which upon interacting with target cells assemble into transmembrane oligomeric pores. Vibrio parahaemolyticus thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) is an atypical PFT that exists as a tetramer in solution, prior to membrane binding. The TDH structure highlights a core β-sandwich domain similar to those found in the eukaryotic actinoporin...
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