单个D380氨基酸替代增加了对神经元细胞的肺聚氨酸细胞毒性

Simona Serra1, Vittorio Iannotti1, Margherita Ferrante1

  • 1Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

iScience
|April 18, 2024
PubMed
概括

单个氨基酸的变化在pneumolysin (PLY),一个毒素从Streptococcus pneumoniae,显著增加其神经毒性. 这种增强的PLY显著促进了细菌性脑膜炎的神经损伤.