The plant cytolytic protein enterolobin assumes a dimeric structure in solution.
FEBS Lett
; 549(1-3): 47-51, 2003 Aug 14.
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Enterolobin is a plant cytolytic protein similar to the bacterial cytolysin aerolysin. Biochemical and biophysical techniques were used to verify if enterolobin, like aerolysin, adopts a dimeric structure in solution. SDS-PAGE showed bands corresponding to enterolobin monomer, dimer and oligomers, whilst gel filtration chromatography and electrospray mass spectrometry revealed preferred association of enterolobin as a dimer. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) of enterolobin showed images of a dimer assembly at a concentration as low as 10 microg/ml, similarly to aerolysin. The enterolobin in silico docked structure is coherent with AFM enterolobin dimer shapes.
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Citotoxinas
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En
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FEBS Lett
Ano de publicação:
2003
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Brasil
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Reino Unido