mBio (Oct 2021)

Chaperone Spy Protects Outer Membrane Proteins from Folding Stress via Dynamic Complex Formation

  • Wei He,
  • Gangjin Yu,
  • Tianpeng Li,
  • Ling Bai,
  • Yuanyuan Yang,
  • Zixiao Xue,
  • Yonghao Pang,
  • Dana Reichmann,
  • Sebastian Hiller,
  • Lichun He,
  • Maili Liu,
  • Shu Quan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02130-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5

Abstract

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Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) play critical roles in bacterial pathogenicity and provide a new niche for antibiotic development. A comprehensive understanding of the OMP quality control network will strongly impact antimicrobial discovery.