Mechanism of outer membrane destabilization by global reduction of protein content

Abstract The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli is an asymmetric bilayer with the glycolipid lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the outer leaflet and glycerophospholipids in the inner. Nearly all integral OM proteins (OMPs) have a characteristic β-barrel fold and are ass...

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Main Authors: Irina V. Mikheyeva, Jiawei Sun, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Thomas J. Silhavy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40396-6