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ReviewToxins2018

Structural and Mechanistic Features of ClyA-Like α-Pore-Forming Toxins.

Bastian Bräuning, Michael Groll

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Review in Toxins, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. ThePlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bastian BräuningCenter for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany. bastianwangbraeuning@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7194-2500
Michael GrollCenter for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CIPSM), Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany. michael.groll@tum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-1660-340X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent technological advances have seen increasing numbers of complex structures from diverse pore-forming toxins (PFT). The ClyA family of α-PFTs comprises a broad variety of assemblies including single-, two- and three-component toxin systems. With crystal structures available for soluble subunits of all major groups in this extended protein family, efforts now focus on obtaining molecular insights into physiological pore formation. This review provides an up-to-date discussion on common and divergent structural and functional traits that distinguish the various ClyA family PFTs. Open questions of this research topic are outlined and discussed.

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Pore Forming Cytotoxic ProteinsCell MembraneProtein ConformationPore Forming Cytotoxic Proteinscryo-electron microscopypore-forming toxins (PFT)structural biologyvirulence factorsx-ray crystallography

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PMID30142951
PMCPMC6162564

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