Molecular Machines that Facilitate Bacterial Outer Membrane Protein Biogenesis

MT Doyle, HD Bernstein - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Almost all outer membrane proteins (OMPs) in Gram-negative bacteria contain a β-barrel
domain that spans the outer membrane (OM). To reach the OM, OMPs must be translocated …

A novel decoy strategy for polymyxin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

J Park, M Kim, B Shin, M Kang, J Yang, TK Lee, W Park - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Modification of the outer membrane charge by a polymyxin B (PMB)-induced PmrAB two-
component system appears to be a dominant phenomenon in PMB-resistant Acinetobacter …

ATP‐independent assembly machinery of bacterial outer membranes: BAM complex structure and function set the stage for next‐generation therapeutics

A George, AG Patil, R Mahalakshmi - Protein Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diderm bacteria employ β‐barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) as their first line of
communication with their environment. These OMPs are assembled efficiently in the …

[PDF][PDF] A mobile CRISPRi collection enables genetic interaction studies for the essential genes of Escherichia coli

K Rachwalski, MM Tu, SJ Madden, S French… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Advances in gene editing, in particular CRISPR interference (CRISPRi), have enabled
depletion of essential cellular machinery to study the downstream effects on bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] LptM promotes oxidative maturation of the lipopolysaccharide translocon by substrate binding mimicry

Y Yang, H Chen, RA Corey, V Morales… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Insertion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into the bacterial outer membrane (OM) is mediated by
a druggable OM translocon consisting of a β-barrel membrane protein, LptD, and a …

[HTML][HTML] Overexpression of the Bam Complex Improves the Production of Chlamydia trachomatis MOMP in the E. coli Outer Membrane

DT Huynh, WSP Jong, GM Koningstein… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
A licensed Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) vaccine is not yet available. Recombinant Chlamydia
trachomatis major outer membrane protein (Ct-MOMP), the most abundant constituent of the …

A bacterial secretosome for regulated envelope biogenesis and quality control?

DW Watkins, SL Williams, I Collinson - Microbiology, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
The Gram-negative bacterial envelope is the first line of defence against environmental
stress and antibiotics. Therefore, its biogenesis is of considerable fundamental interest, as …

Bam complex associated proteins in Escherichia coli are functionally linked to peptidoglycan biosynthesis, membrane fluidity and DNA replication

JA Bryant, KA Staunton, HM Doherty, MB Alao, X Ma… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Biogenesis of the bacterial outer membrane is key to bacterial survival and antibiotic
resistance. Central to this is the β-barrel assembly machine (Bam) complex and its …

The lipoprotein DolP affects cell separation in Escherichia coli, but not as an upstream regulator of NlpD

G Boelter, JA Bryant, H Doherty… - …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
Bacterial amidases are essential to split the shared envelope of adjunct daughter cells to
allow cell separation. Their activity needs to be precisely controlled to prevent cell lysis. In …

BonA from Acinetobacter baumannii Forms a Divisome-Localized Decamer That Supports Outer Envelope Function

R Grinter, FC Morris, RA Dunstan, PM Leung, A Kropp… - Mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii is a high-risk pathogen due to the rapid global spread of multidrug-
resistant lineages. Its phylogenetic divergence from other ESKAPE pathogens means that …