Changes in fluidity of the E. coli outer membrane in response to temperature, divalent cations and polymyxin‐B show two different mechanisms of membrane fluidity …

LD Ginez, A Osorio, R Vázquez‐Ramírez… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The outer membrane (OM) is an essential component of the Gram‐negative bacterial cell
envelope. Restricted diffusion of integral OM proteins and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) that …

The fluidity of the bacterial outer membrane is species specific: bacterial lifestyles and the emergence of a fluid outer membrane

P Cao, D Wall - BioEssays, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The outer membrane (OM) is an essential barrier that guards Gram‐negative bacteria from
diverse environmental insults. Besides functioning as a chemical gatekeeper, the OM also …

[HTML][HTML] Breaking the bilayer: OMV formation during environmental transitions

KE Bonnington, MJ Kuehn - Microbial Cell, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gram-negative bacteria maintain the barrier properties of the outer membrane (OM) in a
wide array of physiological conditions despite their inability to degrade lipopolysaccharide …

The outer membrane proteins OmpA, FhuA, OmpF, EstA, BtuB and OmpX have unique lipopolysaccharide fingerprints

J Shearer, DF Jefferies, S Khalid - Biophysical Journal, 2019 - cell.com
The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria has a highly complex asymmetric
architecture, containing a mixture of phospholipids in the inner leaflet and in the outer leaflet …

Protein diffusion in the periplasm of E. coli under osmotic stress

KA Sochacki, IA Shkel, MT Record, JC Weisshaar - Biophysical journal, 2011 - cell.com
The physical and mechanical properties of the cell envelope of Escherichia coli are poorly
understood. We use fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to measure diffusion of …

The Role of Extracellular Loops in the Folding of Outer Membrane Protein X (OmpX) of Escherichia coli

S Hermansen, D Ryoo, M Orwick-Rydmark… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria acts as an additional diffusion barrier for
solutes and nutrients. It is perforated by outer membrane proteins (OMPs) that function most …

Phase separation in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

G Benn, IV Mikheyeva, PG Inns… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by a protective outer membrane (OM) with
phospholipids in its inner leaflet and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in its outer leaflet. The OM is …

Analysis of surface protein expression reveals the growth pattern of the gram-negative outer membrane

TS Ursell, EH Trepagnier, KC Huang, JA Theriot - 2012 - journals.plos.org
The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is a complex bilayer composed of
proteins, phospholipids, lipoproteins, and lipopolysaccharides. Despite recent advances …

Physical properties of the bacterial outer membrane

J Sun, ST Rutherford, TJ Silhavy… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
It has long been appreciated that the Gram-negative outer membrane acts as a permeability
barrier, but recent studies have uncovered a more expansive and versatile role for the outer …

Identification of a multicomponent complex required for outer membrane biogenesis in Escherichia coli

T Wu, J Malinverni, N Ruiz, S Kim, TJ Silhavy, D Kahne - Cell, 2005 - cell.com
Gram-negative bacteria have an outer membrane (OM) that functions as a barrier to protect
the cell from toxic compounds such as antibiotics and detergents. The OM is a highly …