Structural basis for tuning activity and membrane specificity of bacterial cytolysins

Cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDCs) are bacterial pore-forming virulence factors. Cryo-EM structure of an early conformation of the CDC ILY from Streptococcus intermedius, bound to the human immune receptor CD59, provides insight into ILY oligomerization and role of cholesterol in membrane lysis...

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Main Authors: Nita R. Shah, Tomas B. Voisin, Edward S. Parsons, Courtney M. Boyd, Bart W. Hoogenboom, Doryen Bubeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19482-6