Not All Bacterial Outer-Membrane Proteins Are β-Barrels. [PDF]
The discovery of Wza, an octomeric helical barrel integral bacterial outer-transmembrane protein, has challenged the widely held understanding that all integral outer-membrane proteins of Gram-negative bacteria are closed β-barrels composed of transmembrane β- strands.
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Outer Membrane Vesicles Released From Aeromonas Strains Are Involved in the Biofilm Formation
Aeromonas spp. are Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria ubiquitously distributed in diverse water sources. Several Aeromonas spp. are known as human and fish pathogens.
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a unique and diverse group of molecules endowed with a broad spectrum of antibiotics properties that are being considered as new alternative therapeutic agents.
Angela Di Somma +13 more
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Protein-protein interactions and the spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial outer membrane proteins.
It has until recently been unclear whether outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Gram-negative bacteria are organized or distributed randomly. Studies now suggest promiscuous protein-protein interactions (PPIs) between β-barrel OMPs in Escherichia coli govern their local and global dynamics, engender spatiotemporal patterning of the outer membrane into ...
Kleanthous C, Rassam P, Baumann CG.
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Subdominant antigens in bacterial vaccines: AM779 is subdominant in the Anaplasma marginale outer membrane vaccine but does not associate with protective immunity. [PDF]
Identification of specific antigens responsible for the ability of complex immunogens to induce protection is a major goal in development of bacterial vaccines.
Saleh M Albarrak +8 more
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Mechanisms of Protein Export across the Bacterial Outer Membrane [PDF]
Gram-negative bacteria secrete a wide range of proteins whose functions include biogenesis of organelles, such as pili and flagella; nutrient acquisition; virulence; and efflux of drugs and other toxins. Export of these proteins to the bacterial surface involves transport across the inner membrane (IM), periplasm, and outer membrane (OM) of the cell ...
Maria, Kostakioti +3 more
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HELICOBACTER PYLORI OIPA VIRULENCE GENE AS A MOLECULAR MARKER OF SEVERE GASTROPATHIES [PDF]
Background: Helicobacter pylori is an etiologic agent of gastroduodenal diseases. The microorganism, considered a type I carcinogen, affects about 50% of the global population. H.
Diogo Nery MACIEL +4 more
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Solute channels of the outer membrane: from bacteria to chloroplasts [PDF]
Chloroplasts, unique organelles of plants, originated from endosymbiosis of an ancestor of today's cyanobacteria with a mitochondria-containing host cell. It is assumed that the outer envelope membrane, which delimits the chloroplast from the surrounding
Aljamal J.A. +8 more
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Pattern of amino acid substitutions in transmembrane domains of β-barrel membrane proteins for detecting remote homologs in bacteria and mitochondria. [PDF]
β-barrel membrane proteins play an important role in controlling the exchange and transport of ions and organic molecules across bacterial and mitochondrial outer membranes.
David Jimenez-Morales, Jie Liang
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Exploring the biochemistry at the extracellular redox frontier of bacterial mineral Fe(III) respiration [PDF]
Many species of the bacterial Shewanella genus are notable for their ability to respire in anoxic environments utilizing insoluble minerals of Fe(III) and Mn(IV) as extracellular electron acceptors.
Andrew J. Gates +27 more
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