PMID:6337123
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Morona, R, Manning, PA and Reeves, P (1983) Identification and characterization of the TolC protein, an outer membrane protein from Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 153:693-9 |
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| Abstract |
We used the cloned tolC gene to identify, locate, and purify its gene product. Strains carrying pPR13 or pPR42 overproduced a cell envelope protein (molecular weight, 52,000). A protein of the same molecular weight was identified in radioactively labeled minicells carrying pPR13; this protein was absent in pPR11-carrying minicells. This protein was the tolC gene product, since pPR11 differed from pPR13 in having a Tn10 insertion in the tolC gene. The protein seen in cell envelopes of whole cells (TolC protein) was found to exist in an aggregated state in the outer membrane; under conditions in which OmpC and OmpF were peptidoglycan associated, TolC protein was not likewise associated. Using these properties, we purified the TolC protein and determined the sequence of twelve amino acids from the amino-terminal end. The location of the TolC protein in the outer membrane was consistent with the proposed function for the tolC gene product as a processing protein in the outer membrane. |
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Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acids/analysis; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; Bacterial Proteins/analysis; Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification; Cell Membrane/analysis; Escherichia coli/analysis; Escherichia coli/genetics; Genes, Bacterial; Membrane Proteins/analysis; Membrane Proteins/isolation & purification; Molecular Weight; Trypsin/pharmacology |
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