Chemical modification of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Aa toxin single-cysteine mutants reveals the importance of domain I structural elements in the mechanism of pore formation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 575-580

  Girard, Frédéric ^a   Vachon, Vincent ^a   Lebel, Geneviève ^a   Préfontaine, Gabrielle ^b   Schwartz, Jean Louis ^a   Masson, Luke ^b   Laprade, Raynald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Insecticidal toxin; Manduca sexta; Membrane insertion; Pore formation; Site directed sulfhydryl modification

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BIOTIN; CRY1AA TOXIN; CYSTEINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MANDUCA SEXTA; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 59449090348     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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