Membrane insertion of a Tc toxin in near-atomic detail

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 884-890

  Gatsogiannis, Christos ^a   Merino, Felipe ^a   Prumbaum, Daniel ^a   Roderer, Daniel ^a   Leidreiter, Franziska ^a   Meusch, Dominic ^a   Raunser, Stefan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; LIPID; LIPID NANODISC; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NANODISC; TC TOXIN; TCDA1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE LIPID; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOM; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COS 7 CELL LINE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTORHABDUS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOTORHABDUS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84984622443     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3281     Document Type: Article

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