Correlations between differences in amino-terminal sequences and different hemolytic activity of sticholysins

Sticholysins I and II (St I and St II) are cytolysins produced by the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus. In spite of their 93% sequence homology, St II is more hemolytic against human erythrocytes than St I. In order to establish the possible causes of this difference, we studied the hemolytic ac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Toxicon (Oxford) 2007-12, Vol.50 (8), p.1201-1204
Hauptverfasser: Cilli, Eduardo M., Pigossi, Fábio T., Crusca, Edson, Ros, Uris, Martinez, Diana, Lanio, Maria E., Alvarez, Carlos, Schreier, Shirley
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Zusammenfassung:Sticholysins I and II (St I and St II) are cytolysins produced by the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus. In spite of their 93% sequence homology, St II is more hemolytic against human erythrocytes than St I. In order to establish the possible causes of this difference, we studied the hemolytic activity of synthetic peptides containing sequences from the N-termini of both proteins. The results demonstrated that the differences in hemolytic activity of the toxins could be ascribed at least partly to differences in their N-termini.
ISSN:0041-0101
1879-3150
DOI:10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.013