Difference in cholesterol-binding and cytolytic activities between listeriolysin O and seeligeriolysin O: A possible role of alanine residue in tryptophan-rich undecapeptide

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-189

  Ito, Yutaka ^a   Kawamura, Ikuo ^a   Kohda, Chikara ^a   Baba, Hisashi ^a,b   Kimoto, Terumi ^a   Watanabe, Isao ^a   Nomura, Takamasa ^a   Mitsuyama, Masao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol binding; Cytolysis; Listeriolysin O; Seeligeriolysin O; Undecapeptide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOLYSIN; LISTERIOLYSIN; PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEELIGERIOLYSIN O; TOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHOLESTEROL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; TRYPTOPHAN;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI;

EID: 0035949641     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00349-4     Document Type: Article

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