A short proregion of trialysin, a pore-forming protein of Triatoma infestans salivary glands, controls activity by folding the N-terminal lytic motif

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 994-1002

  Martins, Rafael M ^b   Amino, Rogerio ^b   Daghastanli, Katia R ^c   Cuccovia, Iolanda M ^c   Juliano, Maria A ^b   Schenkman, Sergio ^a,b  

^a Imunologia e Parasitologia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Membrane lysis; Salivary gland; Trialysin; Triatoma infestans; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN TRIALYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RABBITS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVARY PROTEINS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 38949210689     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06260.x     Document Type: Article

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