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Insertion of proteins and lipopolysaccharide into the bacterial outer membrane.


ABSTRACT: The bacterial outer membrane contains phospholipids in the inner leaflet and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the outer leaflet. Both proteins and LPS must be frequently inserted into the outer membrane to preserve its integrity. The protein complex that inserts LPS into the outer membrane is called LptDE, and consists of an integral membrane protein, LptD, with a separate globular lipoprotein, LptE, inserted in the barrel lumen. The protein complex that inserts newly synthesized outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) into the outer membrane is called the BAM complex, and consists of an integral membrane protein, BamA, plus four lipoproteins, BamB, C, D and E. Recent structural and functional analyses illustrate how these two complexes insert their substrates into the outer membrane by distorting the membrane component (BamA or LptD) to directly access the lipid bilayer.This article is part of the themed issue 'Membrane pores: from structure and assembly, to medicine and technology'.

SUBMITTER: Botos I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5483524 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Insertion of proteins and lipopolysaccharide into the bacterial outer membrane.

Botos Istvan I   Noinaj Nicholas N   Buchanan Susan K SK  

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20170801 1726


The bacterial outer membrane contains phospholipids in the inner leaflet and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the outer leaflet. Both proteins and LPS must be frequently inserted into the outer membrane to preserve its integrity. The protein complex that inserts LPS into the outer membrane is called LptDE, and consists of an integral membrane protein, LptD, with a separate globular lipoprotein, LptE, inserted in the barrel lumen. The protein complex that inserts newly synthesized outer-membrane prote  ...[more]

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