Surveying membrane landscapes: a new look at the bacterial cell surface

T Lithgow, CJ Stubenrauch, MPH Stumpf - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Recent studies applying advanced imaging techniques are changing the way we
understand bacterial cell surfaces, bringing new knowledge on everything from single-cell …

Biogenesis of mitochondrial β‐barrel membrane proteins

I Ganesan, JV Busto, N Pfanner… - FEBS Open bio, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
β‐barrel membrane proteins in the mitochondrial outer membrane are crucial for mediating
the metabolite exchange between the cytosol and the mitochondrial intermembrane space …

Modeling intermediates of BamA folding an outer membrane protein

KM Kuo, D Ryoo, K Lundquist, JC Gumbart - Biophysical Journal, 2022 - cell.com
BamA, the core component of the β-barrel assembly machinery complex, is an integral outer-
membrane protein (OMP) in Gram-negative bacteria that catalyzes the folding and insertion …

Formation of Cell-Sized Liposomes Incorporating a β-Barrel-Structured Porin through Rehydration of a Phospholipid-Membrane Protein Dried Film

T Tosaka, K Kamiya - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) integrated with membrane proteins (proteo-GUVs) are
attractive tools for visualizing membrane protein functions such as enzyme reactions and …

Dual recognition of multiple signals in bacterial outer membrane proteins enhances assembly and maintains membrane integrity

EM Germany, N Thewasano, K Imai, Y Maruno… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are essential components of the outer membrane of Gram-
negative bacteria. In terms of protein targeting and assembly, the current dogma holds that a …

Discovery of a conserved rule behind the assembly of β-barrel membrane proteins

EM Germany, Y Ding, K Imai, RS Bamert, RA Dunstan… - BioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Gram-negative bacteria, mitochondria and chloroplasts contain outer membrane proteins
(OMPs) characterized by a transmembrane domain with a β barrel structure. Most OMPs …