The effects of lipids on the structure of the eukaryotic cytolysin equinatoxin II: A synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectroscopic study

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1778, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2091-2096

  Miles, Andrew J ^a   Drechsler, Alison ^b,c   Kristan, Katarina ^d   Anderluh, Gregor ^d   Norton, Raymond S ^c   Wallace, B A ^a   Separovic, Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cytolysin; Equinatoxin II; Phospholipid membrane; Protein lipid interactions; Secondary structure; Synchrotron radiation circular dichroism (SRCD) spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLYSIN; DODECYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; EQUINATOXIN; EQUINATOXIN II; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION; EUKARYOTE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SMALL UNILAMELLAR VESICLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; MICELLES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SYNCHROTRONS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 52049091255     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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