著者

苙口 友隆 池口 満徳 佐藤 衛

出版者

日本結晶学会

雑誌

日本結晶学会誌 (ISSN:03694585)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.55, no.1, pp.24-31, 2013-02-28 (Released:2013-03-07)

参考文献数

19

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The combination of small-angle X-ray solution scattering (SAXS) experiments and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations is now becoming a powerful tool to study protein dynamics in solution at an atomic resolution. We have developed a method called MD-SAXS, in which this combination is used with explicit evaluation of X-ray scattering from water molecules hydrating protein molecules. This method offers a link between low-resolution structural information from SAXS and the three-dimensional high-resolution structure. The study using MD-SAXS method revealed the importance of intrinsic dynamics of DNA-binding protein EcoO109I in its function.

著者

池口 満徳 木寺 詔紀

出版者

一般社団法人 日本生物物理学会

雑誌

生物物理 (ISSN:05824052)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.46, no.5, pp.275-278, 2006 (Released:2006-09-25)

参考文献数

14

被引用文献数

2 1

著者

橋本 博 山根 努 池口 満徳 中平 久美子 柳原 格

出版者

日本結晶学会

雑誌

日本結晶学会誌 (ISSN:03694585)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, no.6, pp.285-289, 2010-12-31 (Released:2011-02-25)

参考文献数

21

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Thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) is a major virulence factor of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that causes pandemic food-borne enterocolitis mediated by seafood. TDH exists as a tetramer in solution, and it possesses extreme hemolytic activity. Here, we present the crystal structure of the TDH tetramer at 1.5 Å resolution. The TDH tetramer forms a central pore with dimensions of 23 Å in diameter and ∼50 Å in depth. π-cation interactions between protomers comprising the tetramer were indispensable for hemolytic activity of TDH. The N-terminal region was intrinsically disordered outside the pore. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations suggested that water molecules permeate freely through the central and side channel pores. These findings imply a novel membrane attachment mechanism by a soluble tetrameric pore-forming toxin.