This entry include the Nakanori protein a nontoxic mushroom protein that specifically binds to a complex of sphingomyelin, a major sphingolipid in mammalian cells, and cholesterol [1].

1: A novel sphingomyelin/cholesterol domain-specific probe reveals the dynamics of the membrane domains during virus release and in Niemann-Pick type C. Makino A, Abe M, Ishitsuka R, Murate M, Kishimoto T, Sakai S, Hullin-Matsuda F, Shimada Y, Inaba T, Miyatake H, Tanaka H, Kurahashi A, Pack CG, Kasai RS, Kubo S, Schieber NL, Dohmae N, Tochio N, Hagiwara K, Sasaki Y, Aida Y, Fujimori F, Kigawa T, Nishibori K, Parton RG, Kusumi A, Sako Y, Anderluh G, Yamashita M, Kobayashi T, Greimel P, Kobayashi T; FASEB J. 2017;31:1301-1322. PMID:27492925