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. 1980 Jan;27(1):97–101. doi: 10.1128/iai.27.1.97-101.1980

Binding of cholesterol by sulfhydryl-activated cytolysins.

M K Johnson, C Geoffroy, J E Alouf
PMCID: PMC550729  PMID: 7358434

Abstract

The binding of cholesterol by pneumolysin, alveolysin, and streptolysin O has been demonstrated. The properties of the cytolysin-cholesterol interaction parallel those of cytolysin-erythrocyte interaction in that the reaction is rapid, temperature independent, decreased at elevated pH, and shows the same specificity with respect to other related sterols. However, oxidized or p-hydroxymercuribenzoate-treated thoxin showed no decrease in cholesterol-binding activity, whereas the ability of cytolysin to bind to erythrocytes was modified by such treatment.

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