Structures of Lysenin Reveal a Shared Evolutionary Origin for Pore-Forming Proteins And Its Mode of Sphingomyelin Recognition

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• 作者：Luigi De?Colibus ; Andreas?F.-P. Sonnen ; Keith?J. Morris ; C.?Alistair Siebert ; Patrizia Abrusci ; J¨¹rgen Plitzko ; Vesna Hodnik ; Matthias Leippe ; Emanuela Volpi ; Gregor Anderluh ; Robert?J.C. Gilbert
• 刊名：Structure
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：5 September, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：20
• 期：9
• 页码：1498-1507
• 全文大小：3238 K

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Pore-forming proteins insert from solution into membranes to create lesions, undergoing a structural rearrangement often accompanied by oligomerization. Lysenin, a pore-forming toxin from the earthworm Eisenia fetida, specifically interacts with sphingomyelin (SM) and may confer innate immunity against parasites by attacking their membranes to form pores. SM has important roles in cell membranes and lysenin is a popular SM-labeling reagent. The structure of lysenin suggests common ancestry with other pore-forming proteins from a diverse set of eukaryotes and prokaryotes. The complex with SM shows the mode of its recognition by a protein in which both the phosphocholine headgroup and one acyl tail are specifically bound. Lipid interaction studies and assays using viable target cells confirm the functional reliance of lysenin on this form of SM recognition.