Sticholysins, two pore-forming toxins produced by the Caribbean Sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus: Their interaction with membranes

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1135-1147

  Álvarez, Carlos ^a   Mancheño, José M ^b   Martínez, Diana ^a   Tejuca, Mayra ^a   Pazos, Fabiola ^a   Lanio, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinoporin; Hemolytic toxin; Membrane model systems; Pore forming toxin; Protein membrane interaction; Sticholysin

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPORIN; CHOLESTEROL; EQUINATOXIN; MARINE TOXIN; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; MONOMER; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYPEPTIDE; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS TOXIN; STICHOLYSIN; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL INTERACTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MONOLAYER; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE MODEL; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEA ANEMONE; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; SEA ANEMONES;

ACTINIARIA; EUKARYOTA; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS;

EID: 68949088726     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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