Ser170 of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab -endotoxin becomes anchored in a hydrophobic moiety upon insertion of this protein into Manduca sexta brush border membranes

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Alzate, Oscar ^a,b,d,e   Hemann, Craig F ^b   Osorio, Cristina ^a   Hille, Russ ^a,c   Dean, Donald H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY1AB DELTA ENDOTOXIN; CRY1AB TOXIN; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ION;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRUSH BORDER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION TRANSPORT; MANDUCA SEXTA; MIDGUT; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONS; MANDUCA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SERINE;

EID: 70449432621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-10-25     Document Type: Article

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