Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Are Targeted to the Bam Complex by Two Parallel Mechanisms

Xu Wang; Janine H. Peterson; Harris D. Bernstein

doi:10.1128/mBio.00597-21

mBio (Jun 2021)

Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Are Targeted to the Bam Complex by Two Parallel Mechanisms

Xu Wang,
Janine H. Peterson,
Harris D. Bernstein

Affiliations

Xu Wang: ORCiD; Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Janine H. Peterson: Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Harris D. Bernstein: ORCiD; Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00597-21
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3

Abstract

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Proteins that are embedded in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria (OMPs) play an important role in protecting the cell from harmful chemicals. OMPs share a architecture and often contain a conserved sequence motif (β motif) of unknown function.

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ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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