Bacterial alpha-hemolysin toxin,molecular model. This toxin is secreted by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. It is an example of a pore-forming toxin,forming pores in the membranes of affected cells,damaging or killing them (making it a cytolytic protein). This toxin forms a heptameric (seven-part) transmembrane pore. Seven protein chains form the outer beta barrel-type pore (top),with an inner (bottom),smaller barrel inside the outer one | |
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