The membrane topography of the diphtheria toxin t domain linked to the a chain reveals a transient transmembrane hairpin and potential translocation mechanisms

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 43, 2009, Pages 10446-10456

  Wang, Jie ^a   London, Erwin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; GAIN INSIGHT; HYDROPHILIC RESIDUES; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; NON-POLAR SURFACES; PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION; TRANS SIDE; TRANSMEMBRANE HAIRPIN; TRANSMEMBRANE HELICES;

CELL MEMBRANES; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; POTENTIOMETRIC SENSORS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

MEMBRANES;

CARRIER PROTEIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 70350495803     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9014665     Document Type: Article

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