Proteins Membrane Binding and Pore Formation

1. Introduction
Susanne C. Feil, Galina Polekhina, Michael A. Gorman, Michael W. Parker

2. Energetics of Peptide and Protein Binding to Lipid Membranes
William C. Wimley

3. Membrane Association and Pore Formation by Alpha-Helical Peptides
Burkhard Bechinger

4. Role of Membrane Lipids for the Activity of Pore Forming Peptides and Proteins
Gustavo Fuertes, Diana Giménez, Santi Esteban-Martín, Ana J. García-Sáez, Orlando Sánchez, Jesús Salgado

5. Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins
Robert J. C. Gilbert

6.
Laetiporus sulphureus Lectin and Aerolysin Protein Family
José Miguel Mancheño, Hiroaki Tateno, Daniel Sher, Irwin J. Goldstein

7. Interfacial Interactions of Pore-Forming Colicins
Helen Ridleya, Christopher L. Johnson, Jeremy H. Lakey

8. Permeabilization of the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane by Bcl-2 Proteins
Ana J. García-Sáez, Gustavo Fuertes, Jacob Suckale, Jesús Salgado

9. Molecular Mechanism of Sphingomyelin-Specific Membrane Binding and Pore Formation by Actinoporins
Biserka Bakrač, Gregor Anderluh

10. Hemolysin E (HlyE, ClyA, SheA) and Related Toxins
Stuart Hunt, Jeffrey Green, Peter J. Artymiuk

11. Pore formation by Cry toxins
Mario Soberón, Liliana Pardo, Carlos Muñóz-Garay, Jorge Sánchez, Isabel Gómez, Helena Porta, Alejandra Bravo

12. Role of Heparan Sulfates and Glycosphingolipids in the Pore Formation of Basic Polypeptides of Cobra Cardiotoxin
Wen-guey Wu, Siu-Cin Tjong, Po-long Wu, Je-hung Kuo, Karen Wu

13. Amyloid Peptide Pores and the Beta Sheet Conformation
Bruce L. Kagan, Jyothi Thundimadathil

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Molecular Medicine