Lethal factor unfolding is the most force-dependent step of anthrax toxin translocation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 21555-21560

  Thoren, Katie L ^a   Worden, Evan J ^a   Yassif, Jaime M ^b   Krantz, Bryan A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical unfolding; Transition state structure; Unfolding pathway

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CATALYSIS; LETHAL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID BILAYERS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 76049107424     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905880106     Document Type: Article

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