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Contribution of tryptophan residues to the structural changes in perfringolysin O during interaction with liposomal membranes.
Journal of biochemistry - 1 Jun 1998
Nakamura M, Sekino-Suzuki N, Mitsui K, Ohno-Iwashita Y
Abstract excerpt
Perfringolysin O (theta-toxin) is a cholesterol-binding and pore-forming toxin that shares with other thiol-activated cytolysins a highly conserved sequence, ECTGLAWEWWR (residues 430-440), near the C-terminus. To understand the membrane-insertion and pore-forming mechanisms of the toxin, we evaluated the contribution of each Trp to the toxin conformation during its interaction with liposomal membranes. Circular...
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