<em>In-situ</em> imaging of pore-forming toxin on model membrane using FM-AFM

Yoshiki Hirata; Hiroaki Kominami; Kei Kobayashi; Mutsuo Tanaka; Shigeru Kurosawa; Hirofumi Yamada

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Oral presentation

12 Organic Molecules and Bioelectronics » 12.6 Nanobiotechnology

[18a-E203-1~12] 12.6 Nanobiotechnology

Wed. Sep 18, 2019 9:00 AM - 12:15 PM E203 (E203)

Tomohiro Hayashi(Tokyo Tech), Hitoshi Asakawa(Kanazawa Univ.)

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

[18a-E203-11] In-situ imaging of pore-forming toxin on model membrane using FM-AFM

〇Yoshiki Hirata¹, Hiroaki Kominami², Kei Kobayashi², Mutsuo Tanaka³, Shigeru Kurosawa¹, Hirofumi Yamada² (1.AIST, 2.Kyoto Univ., 3.SIT)

Keywords:membrane protein, pore forming toxin, FM-AFM

The binding and assembly of the pore forming toxin (PFT) alpha-hemolysin from Staphylococcus aureus on supported lipid bilayer was examined using frequency modulation atomic force microscopy (FM-AFM).