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Intracellular Refolding Assay
Published on: January 24, 2012
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Tc毒素激活需要展开和重新折叠β螺旋
Christos Gatsogiannis1, Felipe Merino1, Daniel Roderer1
1Department of Structural Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.
Nature
|September 21, 2018
概括
有毒 (T) 蛋白使用类似注射器的机制将酶注入宿主细胞. 这项研究揭示了T蛋白组合,包括展开和重新折叠,如何激活毒素输入转位通道.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 结构生物学
- 微生物学
背景情况:
- 毒性 (T) 蛋白是通过类似注射器的装置分泌到宿主细胞的毒性因子.
- T蛋白由三个子单元组成:TcA (转位通道) 和TcB-TcC (保护有毒酶的).
- 与道的结合启动了酶释放和转移.
研究的目的:
- 阐明T蛋白组合和激活的原子级机制.
- 了解毒素转移所涉及的结构重组.
主要方法:
- 射线晶体学
- 低温电子显微镜
- 生物化学试验
主要成果:
- 子子单元 (TcC) 在与TcA通道结合时完全展开和重新折叠.
- 毒性酶的存在对于和TcA之间的高亲和结合至关重要.
- 该酶在中导航负电荷的收缩,促进C端挤出到转位通道.
结论:
- T蛋白子单元的组装涉及显著的形状变化,包括蛋白质的展开和重新折叠.
- 这种有毒的酶在激活和结合过程中起到关键作用.
- 这种机制突出了细胞膜中蛋白质转移的新策略.
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