Potential prepore trimer formation by the Bacillus thuringiensis mosquito-specific toxin: Molecular insights into a critical prerequisite of membrane-bound monomers

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 20793-20803

  Sriwimol, Wilaiwan ^a   Aroonkesorn, Aratee ^a   Sakdee, Somsri ^a   Kanchanawarin, Chalermpol ^b   Uchihashi, Takayuki ^c   Ando, Toshio ^c   Angsuthanasombat, Chanan ^a,d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Department of Physics Bio AFM Frontier Research Center Kanazawa University ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CARBOHYDRATES; CONFORMATIONS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANES; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PROPELLERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; MEMBRANE-MIMETIC ENVIRONMENTS; MOLECULAR DESCRIPTIONS; SINGLE PARTICLE RECONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

OLIGOMERS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCOSIDE; HEMOLYSIN; INSECT PROTEIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; LIPOSOME; MICELLE; OCTYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICELLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SF9 CELL LINE; SPODOPTERA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ENDOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSIDES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; LIPOSOMES; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SF9 CELLS; SPODOPTERA; SULFONIC ACIDS;

EID: 84939832278     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.627554     Document Type: Article

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