The enterococcal cytolysin is a two-component lantibiotic made up of the post-translationally modified peptides CylL L ″ and CylL S ″. It is produced by many clinical isolates of Enterococcus ...

"Your chances of dying increase by 5-fold when you get infected by E. faecalis that can make cytolysin compared to those that cannot," said Wilfred van der Donk (MMG), a professor of chemistry and ...

The new findings, reported in Nature Chemical Biology, should help scientists find new ways to target the enterococcal cytolysin protein, a “virulence factor that is associated with acute infection in ...

Enterococcus faecalis contain a toxin called cytolysin, which is found in roughly 50 percent of isolates that cause post-operative intraocular infections seen in the United States. In recent years ...

The cytolysin A toxin is secreted by E. coli,Shigella and Salmonella. The toxin secreted by E. coli bacteria is water-soluble and binds to the cell membrane. The binding of the water-soluble toxin ...