Peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein-TolB interaction. A possible key to explaining the formation of contact sites between the inner and outer membranes of Escherichia coli.

Abstract excerpt

TolA, -B, -Q, and -R proteins are involved in maintaining the cell envelope integrity of Escherichia coli; they have been parasitized by the group A colicins and the single strand DNA of some filamentous bacteriophages to permit them to enter the cells. TolA and TolR are anchored to the inner membrane by a single transmembrane domain, TolQ is an integral membrane protein with three transmembrane segments, and...

Topics

• Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
• Bacterial Proteins
• Cell Membrane
• Cross-Linking Reagents
• Escherichia coli
• Escherichia coli Proteins
• Formaldehyde
• Genotype
• Immunoblotting
• Lipoproteins