Behavior of the deeply inserted helices in diphtheria toxin T domain: Helices 5, 8, and 9 interact strongly and promote pore formation, while helices 6/7 limit pore formation

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4565-4574

  Lai, Bing ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a   London, Erwin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS;

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN A; PORE FORMATION; TRANSMEMBRANE HAIRPIN;

AMINO ACIDS;

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 42049122996     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi7025134     Document Type: Article

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