Pores of the toxin FraC assemble into 2D hexagonal clusters in both crystal structures and model membranes

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-317

  Mechaly, Ariel E ^a,e   Bellomio, Augusto ^a,f   Morante, Koldo ^a   Agirre, Jon ^a,b   Gil Cartón, David ^c   Valle, Mikel ^c   González Mañas, Juan Manuel ^a,d   Guérin, Diego M A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Campus Universitario de Leioa   (Spain)

^c CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Actinoporins; Clusters; Crystal packing; Pore forming toxins; Rotational disorder

Indexed keywords

FRAGACEATOXIN C; OLIGOMER; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SEA ANEMONES;

ACTINIA FRAGACEA; ACTINIARIA;

EID: 84867906864     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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