Pore Forming Proteins: Structure, Function and Applications
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 5294
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Nanoscale Biophysics; Atomic Force Microscopy; Host-Pathogen Interactions
Interests: pore forming proteins; pore forming toxins; cryo-EM; crystallography; structural biology; MACPF/CDC family; beta-pore forming proteins
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pore-forming proteins are a class of proteins that self-assemble into ring-shaped oligomers and insert into membranes. They typically form a transmembrane channel that can lead to osmotically driven cell lysis or the delivery of toxins. Each pore-forming protein has a specific target or range of target cells, depending on its evolved function.
This Special Issue will explore the function and related mechanisms of pore-forming proteins from the cellular to the atomic level. It will further investigate how pore-forming proteins may be involved in disease, affecting a whole organism, as well as how they insert into cellular membranes by examining the time-resolved details of this process and their function in 4D. Finally, this Special Issue will discuss how pore-forming proteins facilitate the translocation of peptides and other solutes across membranes. An important topic of interest will be the established and potential biotechnological applications of pore-forming proteins.
Prof. Dr. Bart Hoogenboom
Dr. Michelle Dunstone
Dr. Michael Landsberg
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Pore-forming proteins
- Pores
- Transmembrane channels
- Self-assembling complexes
- Translocation
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