Contribution of tryptophan residues to the structural changes in perfringolysin O during interaction with liposomal membranes

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1145-1155

  Nakamura, Megumi ^a   Sekino Suzuki, Naoko ^a,c   Mitsui, Ken Ichiro ^b   Ohno Iwashita, Yoshiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol binding cytolysin; Membrane insertion; Perfringolysin O; Pore forming toxin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CYTOLYSIN; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0031749207     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022054     Document Type: Article

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