Abstract
The porin-associated protein of Rhodospirillum rubrum FR1 was found to contain a peptidoglycan binding motif. A partial fragment of 179 amino, acids, obtained by cleavage of PAP with trypsin, Asp-N protease, and CNBr, was sequenced. Substantial sequence homology was found of the C-terminal part (residues 126-179) of porin-associated protein with OmpA, the peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein of several bacteria, protein F of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and PIII of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the latter being also a porin-associated protein. The 179 amino acid fragment comprised about 67% of the mass spectrometrically determined total mass of PAP of 27,850 Da.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 55-58 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
| Volume | 138 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Apr 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank the Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschaft and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for financial support.
Funding
The authors thank the Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschaft and the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for financial support.
Keywords
- Bacterial cell wall
- Membrane protein
- OmpA
- Outer membrane
- Porin
- Porin-assoeiated-protein
- Rhodospirillum rubrum