Antibacterial activity and pore-forming properties of ceratotoxins: A mechanism of action based on the barrel stave model

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1667, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 148-156

  Bessin, Yannick ^a   Saint, Nathalie ^a   Marri, Laura ^b   Marchini, Daniela ^b   Molle, Gérard ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

helical peptide; Conductance; Ion channel; Lipid bilayer

Indexed keywords

CERATOTOXIN A; CERATOTOXIN A1 17; CERATOTOXIN A1 29; CERATOTOXIN A17 36; CERATOTOXIN C; CERATOTOXIN C1 32; CERATOTOXIN D; CERATOTOXIN D1 36; ION CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTES; FISH PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA;

EID: 9644281662     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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