Cryo-EM structure of lysenin pore elucidates membrane insertion by an aerolysin family protein

Lysenin is member of the aerolysin family of small ß-barrel pore-forming toxins that include virulence factors from several human and animal pathogens. Here the authors determine the structure of the lysenin pore by single particle cryo- EM and propose a conserved pore formation mechanism for the ae...

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Main Authors: Monika Bokori-Brown, Thomas G. Martin, Claire E. Naylor, Ajit K. Basak, Richard W. Titball, Christos G. Savva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11293