Cys-cys cross-linking shows contact between the N-terminus of lethal factor and Phe427 of the anthrax toxin pore

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3512-3516

  Janowiak, Blythe E ^a,b   Jennings Antipov, Laura D ^a,c   Collier, R John ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Silver Creek Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXINS; CYS RESIDUES; DIRECT CONTACT; DISULFIDE BONDS; EDEMA FACTORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES; GEL SHIFT ASSAYS; LETHAL FACTOR; N-TERMINAL DOMAINS; PROTECTIVE ANTIGENS; WILD TYPES;

COVALENT BONDS; OLIGOMERS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTHRAX TOXIN; CYSTEINE; OLIGOMER; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; EDEMA FACTOR; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; LETHAL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUTATION; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 79955381186     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi1017446     Document Type: Article

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