期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 102, 期 20, 页码 7139-7144出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0500556102
关键词
membrane protein; toxin; fluorescence; membrane
资金
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI037657, AI 37657] Funding Source: Medline
FRET measurements were used to determine the domain-specific topography of perfringolysin O, a pore-forming toxin, on a membrane surface at different stages of pore formation. The data reveal that the elongated toxin monomer binds stably to the membrane in an end-on orientation, with its long axis approximately perpendicular to the plane of the membrane bilayer. This orientation is largely retained even after monomer association to form an oligomeric prepore complex. The domain 3 (D3) polypeptide segments that ultimately form transmembrane beta-hairpins remain far above the membrane surface in both the membrane-bound monomer and prepore oligomer. Upon pore formation, these segments enter the bilayer, whereas D1 moves to a position that is substantially closer to the membrane. Therefore, the extended D2 beta-structure that connects D1 to membrane-bound D4 appears to bend or otherwise reconfigure during the prepore-to-pore transition of the perfringolysin O oligomer.
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