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Structure and function of an essential component of the outer membrane protein assembly machine.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 17 Aug 2007
Kim Seokhee, Malinverni Juliana C, Sliz Piotr, Silhavy Thomas J, Harrison Stephen C, Kahne Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Integral beta-barrel proteins are found in the outer membranes of mitochondria, chloroplasts, and Gram-negative bacteria. The machine that assembles these proteins contains an integral membrane protein, called YaeT in Escherichia coli, which has one or more polypeptide transport-associated (POTRA) domains. The crystal structure of a periplasmic fragment of YaeT reveals the POTRA domain fold and suggests a model...
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