Depletion of apolipoprotein N-acyltransferase causes mislocalization of outer membrane lipoproteins in Escherichia coli.

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Lipoproteins in Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae carry three fatty acids on the N-terminal cysteine residue, two as a diacylglyceride and one through an N-linkage following signal peptide cleavage. Most lipoproteins are anchored in the outer membrane, facing the periplasm, but some lipoproteins remain in the plasma membrane, depending on the amino acid at position +2, immediately after the fatty-acylated...

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