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Delineation of the translocation of colicin E7 across the inner membrane of Escherichia coli.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Jun 2011
Chen Yuh-Ren, Yang Tsung-Yeh, Lei Guang-Sheng, Lin Lung-J R, Chak Kin-Fu
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The lysis protein of the colicinogenic operon is essential for colicin release and its main function is to activate the outer membrane phospholipase A (OMPLA) for the traverse of colicin across the cell envelope. However, little is known about the involvement of the lysis protein in the translocation of colicin across the inner membrane into the periplasm. The introduction of specific point mutations into the...
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