Abstract:
:Perfringolysin O, a bacterial cytolytic toxin, forms unusually large pores in cholesterol-containing membranes by the spontaneous insertion of two of its four domains into the bilayer. By monitoring the kinetics of domain-specific conformational changes and pore formation using fluorescence spectroscopy, the temporal sequence of domain-membrane interactions has been established. One membrane-exposed domain does not penetrate deeply into the bilayer and is not part of the actual pore, but is responsible for membrane recognition. This domain must bind to the membrane before insertion of the other domain into the bilayer is initiated. The two domains are conformationally coupled, even though they are spatially separated. Thus, cytolytic pore formation is accomplished by a novel mechanism of ordered conformational changes and interdomain communication.
journal_name
Mol Celljournal_title
Molecular cellauthors
Heuck AP,Hotze EM,Tweten RK,Johnson AEdoi
10.1016/s1097-2765(00)00119-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-11-01 00:00:00pages
1233-42issue
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1097-2765issn
1097-4164pii
S1097-2765(00)00119-2journal_volume
6pub_type
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