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Transport across the outer membrane porin of mycolic acid containing actinomycetales: Nocardia farcinica.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Feb 2015
Singh Pratik Raj, Bajaj Harsha, Benz Roland, Winterhalter Mathias, Mahendran Kozhinjampara R
Abstract excerpt
The role of the outer-membrane channel from a mycolic acid containing Gram-positive bacteria Nocardia farcinica, which forms a hydrophilic pathway across the cell wall, was characterized. Single channel electrophysiology measurements and liposome swelling assays revealed the permeation of hydrophilic solutes including sugars, amino acids and antibiotics. The cation selective N. farcinica channel exhibited strong...
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