pH-triggered conformational switching along the membrane insertion pathway of the diphtheria toxin T-domain

Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1362-1380

  Ladokhin, Alexey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid induced conformational change; Conformational switch; Fluorescence; Histidine protonation; Membrane protein insertion; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSLOCATION DOMAIN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84881596511     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins5081362     Document Type: Review

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