Dimer Dissociation of the Pore-forming Toxin Aerolysin Precedes Receptor Binding
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Dimer dissociation of the pore-forming toxin aerolysin precedes receptor binding.
The pore-forming toxin aerolysin is secreted by Aeromonas hydrophila as an inactive precursor. Based on chemical cross-linking and gel filtration, we show here that proaerolysin exists as a monomer at low concentrations but is dimeric above 0.1 mg/ml. At intermediate concentrations, monomers and dimers appeared to be in rapid equilibrium. All together our data indicate that, at low concentratio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.53.37705