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TOXICON
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 1-6Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00106-5
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cytolysins; hemolysins; membrane insertion; pore-forming toxins
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Pore-forming protein toxins possess the remarkable property that they can exist either in a stable water-soluble state or as an integral membrane pore. In order to convert from the water-soluble to the membrane state, the toxin must undergo large conformational changes. Recent work on a class of pore-forming toxins that are rich in P-sheet content suggests a common mechanism of membrane insertion may exist despite these toxins possessing very different primary, tertiary and quaternary structures. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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