The catalytic domains of Clostridium sordellii lethal toxin and related large clostridial glucosylating toxins specifically recognize the negatively charged phospholipids phosphatidylserine and phosphatidic acid

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1477-1493

  Varela Chavez, Carolina ^a   Hoos, Sylviane ^a   Haustant, Georges Michel ^a   Chenal, Alexandre ^a   England, Patrick ^a   Blondel, Arnaud ^a   Pauillac, Serge ^a   Lacy, D Borden ^a,b   Popoff, Michel Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII LETHAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANION; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LETHAL TOXIN LT, CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; CELL MEMBRANE; METABOLISM;

ANIONS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PHOSPHATIDIC ACIDS; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84942195142     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12449     Document Type: Article

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