The diphtheria toxin channel-forming T domain translocates its own NH2- terminal region across planar bilayers

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-324

  Senzel, Lisa ^a   Huynh, Paul D ^a   Jakes, Karen S ^a   Collier, R John ^b   Finkelstein, Alan ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel gating; Histidine tag; Nickel binding; Streptavidin; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOSOMES; HISTIDINE; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NICKEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; STREPTAVIDIN; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0031714548     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.112.3.317     Document Type: Article

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