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. 1981 Nov 1;199(2):457–460. doi: 10.1042/bj1990457

The hydrophobicities of cholera toxin, tetanus toxin and their components.

W H Ward, P Britton, S van Heyningen
PMCID: PMC1163391  PMID: 7340813

Abstract

1. Charge-shift electrophoresis showed that cholera toxin and its subunits have no hydrophobic surfaces. 2. Amino-acid composition and sequence data suggested that the proteins have no masked hydrophobic regions. 3. The A subunit of cholera toxin may interact with polar molecules in the membrane to exert its effect inside the cell. 4. The only hydrophobic part of tetanus toxin was the H-chain.

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