Insights into the function and structural flexibility of the periplasmic molecular chaperone SurA.

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SurA is the primary periplasmic molecular chaperone that facilitates the folding and assembling of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) in Gram-negative bacteria. Deletion of the surA gene in Escherichia coli leads to a decrease in outer membrane density and an increase in bacterial drug susceptibility. Here, we conducted mutational studies on SurA to identify residues that are critical for function. One mutant,...

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