Essential Role of Domain 4 of Pneumolysin from Streptococcus pneumoniae in Cytolytic Activity as Determined by Truncated Proteins
- 16 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Vol. 281 (1) , 37-44
- https://doi.org/10.1006/bbrc.2001.4297
Abstract
No abstract availableKeywords
Funding Information
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
- Pneumolysin: structure, function, and role in diseasePublished by Elsevier ,2006
- Thiol-activated cytolysins: structure, function and role in pathogenesisFEMS Microbiology Letters, 2000
- Additive Attenuation of Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Mutation of the Genes Encoding Pneumolysin and Other Putative Pneumococcal Virulence ProteinsInfection and Immunity, 2000
- The molecular mechanism of pneumolysin, a virulence factor from Streptococcus pneumoniae 1 1Edited by J. ThorntonJournal of Molecular Biology, 1998
- Amino acid changes affecting the activity of pneumolysin alter the behaviour of pneumococci in pneumoniaMicrobial Pathogenesis, 1998
- Contribution of Individual Tryptophan Residues to the Structure and Activity of θ‐Toxin (Perfringolysin O), A Cholesterol‐Binding CytolysinEuropean Journal of Biochemistry, 1996
- The contribution of pneumolysin to the pathogenicity of Streptococcus pneumoniaeTrends in Microbiology, 1996
- A role in cell-binding for the C-terminus of pneumolysin, the thiol-activated toxin of Streptococcus pneumoniaeFEMS Microbiology Letters, 1994
- Complement activation and antibody binding by pneumolysin via a region of the toxin homologous to a human acute‐phase proteinMolecular Microbiology, 1991
- Effect of isolated C‐terminal fragment of θ‐toxin (perfringolysin O) on toxin assembly and membrane lysisEuropean Journal of Biochemistry, 1990