A peptide derived from the putative transmembrane domain in the tail region of E. coli toxin hemolysin E assembles in phospholipid membrane and exhibits lytic activity to human red blood cells: Plausible implications in the toxic activity of the protein

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 538-550

  Yadav, Sharada Prasad ^a   Ahmad, Aqeel ^a   Pandey, Brijesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Dharamsheela ^a   Asthana, Neeta ^a   Verma, Richa ^a   Tripathi, Raj Kamal ^a   Ghosh, Jimut Kanti ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli hemolysin E; Hemolysin E mutant; Lipid peptide interaction; Pore forming toxin; Protein dissection; Putative transmembrane segment; Toxicity of hemolysin E

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; HEMOLYSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POROSITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 59249086199     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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