Interaction of escherichia coli hemolysin with biological membranes: A study using cysteine scanning mutagenesis

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 800-808

  Schindel, Christine ^a,c   Zitzer, Alexander ^a   Schulte, Berit ^a   Gerhards, Arnd ^a   Stanley, Peter ^b   Hughes, Colin ^b   Koronakis, Vassilis ^b   Bhakdi, Sucharit ^a   Palmer, Michael ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Inst of Med Microbiol and Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Badan; Calcium; Conformation; Escherichia coli hemolysin, membrane

Indexed keywords

6 BROMOACETYL 2 DIMETHYLAMINONAPHTHALENE; CALCIUM ION; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HEMOLYSIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LYSIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LIPOSOMES; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0034825013     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01937.x     Document Type: Article

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