Molecular basis of transmembrane beta-barrel formation of staphylococcal pore-forming toxins.
Yamashita, D., Sugawara, T., Takeshita, M., Kaneko, J., Kamio, Y., Tanaka, I., Tanaka, Y., Yao, M.(2014) Nat Commun 5: 4897-4897
- PubMed: 25263813 
- DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5897
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4P1X, 4P1Y - PubMed Abstract: 
Pathogenic bacteria secrete pore-forming toxins (PFTs) to attack target cells. PFTs are expressed as water-soluble monomeric proteins, which oligomerize into nonlytic prepore intermediates on the target cell membrane before forming membrane-spanning ...