Pore formation by actinoporins, cytolysins from sea anemones

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1858, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 446-456

  Rojko, Nejc ^a   Dalla Serra, Mauro ^b   MačEk, Peter ^c   Anderluh, Gregor ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Actinoporin; Equinatoxin; Fragaceatoxin; Pore formation; Sphingomyelin; Sticholysin

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPORIN; CYTOLYSIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COELENTERATE VENOM; PERFORIN; PORIN;

ALPHA HELIX; BINDING AFFINITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR SIZE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEA ANEMONE; STOICHIOMETRY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; PERFORIN; PORINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEA ANEMONES;

EID: 84956594465     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.09.007     Document Type: Review

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