Article
An intermediate in the assembly of a pore-forming protein trapped with a genetically-engineered switch.
Chemistry & biology - 1 Feb 1995
Walker B, Braha O, Cheley S, Bayley H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies of the mechanisms by which certain water-soluble proteins can assemble into lipid bilayers are relevant to several areas of biology, including the biosynthesis of membrane and secreted proteins, virus membrane fusion and the action of immune proteins such as complement and per...
Topics
- Bacterial Toxins
- Binding Sites
- Edetic Acid
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Endopeptidase K
- Erythrocyte Membrane
- Hemolysin Proteins
- Humans
- Hydrolysis
- Kinetics
- Lipid Bilayers
- Models, Chemical
