Cytotoxin ClyA from Escherichia coli assembles to a 13-meric pore independent of its redox-state

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2652-2661

  Eifler, Nora ^a   Vetsch, Michael ^b,d   Gregorini, Marco ^a   Ringler, Philippe ^a   Chami, Mohamed ^a   Philippsen, Ansgar ^a   Fritz, Andrea ^b   Müller, Shirley A ^a   Glockshuber, Rudi ^b   Engel, Andreas ^a,c   Grauschopf, Ulla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assembly; Electron microscopy; Pore forming toxin; Structure

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; CYTOTOXIN CLYA; DETERGENT; LIPID; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CYSTEINE; DETERGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 33745748447     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601130     Document Type: Article

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