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Cadaverine inhibition of porin plays a role in cell survival at acidic pH.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 2003
Samartzidou Hrissi, Mehrazin Mahsa, Xu Zhaohui, Benedik Michael J, Delcour Anne H
Abstract excerpt
When grown at acidic pH, Escherichia coli cells secrete cadaverine, a polyamine known to inhibit porin-mediated outer membrane permeability. In order to understand the physiological significance of cadaverine excretion and the inhibition of porins, we isolated an OmpC mutant that showed resistance to spermine during growth and polyamine-resistant porin-mediated fluxes. Here, we show that the addition of exogenous...
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