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. 1994 Nov;13(8):659-67.
doi: 10.1007/BF01886950.

Homology between the seed cytolysin enterolobin and bacterial aerolysins

M V Sousa  1 , M Richardson, W Fontes, L Morhy
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Homology between the seed cytolysin enterolobin and bacterial aerolysins

M V Sousa et al. J Protein Chem. 1994 Nov.

Abstract

Enterolobin, a 55-kDa cytolytic, inflammatory, and insecticidal protein isolated from seeds of the Brazilian tree Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) has been further purified and partially sequenced by using both manual and automated methods. A computational search of enterolobin partial amino acid sequence against the PIR database revealed possible sequence similarities with aerolysins, cytolytic proteins from Aeromonas species. An alignment of enterolobin partial sequence to the amino acid sequences of A. hydrophila and A. sobria aerolysins showed several similar regions with many residue identities. The seed protein enterolobin and the bacterial aerolysins may be homologous proteins despite the distant phylogenetic relationship.

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