MOMP from Campylobacter jejuni is a trimer of 18-stranded β-barrel monomers with a Ca(2+) ion bound at the constriction zone.
The Gram-negative organism Campylobacter jejuni is the major cause of food poisoning. Unlike Escherichia coli, which has two major porins, OmpC and OmpF, C. jejuni has one, termed major outer membrane protein (MOMP) through which nutrients and antibiotics transit. We report the 2.1-Å crystal structu...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016
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