Crystal structure of the Vibrio cholerae cytolysin (VCC) pro-toxin and its assembly into a heptameric transmembrane pore

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 350, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 997-1016

  Olson, Rich ^a,b   Gouaux, Eric ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Membrane protein crystallization; Pore forming toxins; Vibrio cholerae cytolysin; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOLYSIN; LIPOSOME; OCTYL GLUCOSIDE; OLIGOMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LECTIN BINDING SITE; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GLYCINE MAX; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 21744447839     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.05.045     Document Type: Article

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