Bacterial alpha-hemolysin toxin
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4180 x 4180 px | 35.4 x 35.4 cm | 13.9 x 13.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
19 June 2013Photographer:
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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.