A conserved tetrameric interaction of cry toxin helix α3 suggests a functional role for toxin oligomerization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1838, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1777-1784

  Lin, Xin ^a   Parthasarathy, Krupakar ^a   Surya, Wahyu ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Mu, Yuguang ^a   Torres, Jaume ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coiled coil; Cry toxin; Evolutionary conservation; Membrane insertion; Oligomerization

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETAINE; CARBON 14; CRYSTAL TOXIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOMER; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TETRAMER; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

HEXAPODA;

COILED-COIL; CRY TOXIN; EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION; MEMBRANE INSERTION; OLIGOMERIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84899034273     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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