Colicin biology

E Cascales, SK Buchanan, D Duché… - Microbiology and …, 2007 - journals.asm.org
Colicins are proteins produced by and toxic for some strains of Escherichia coli. They are
produced by strains of E. coli carrying a colicinogenic plasmid that bears the genetic …

Metabolic interdependence of obligate intracellular bacteria and their insect hosts

E Zientz, T Dandekar, R Gross - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2004 - journals.asm.org
Mutualistic associations of obligate intracellular bacteria and insects have attracted much
interest in the past few years due to the evolutionary consequences for their genome …

Convergent Peripheral Pathways Catalyze Initial Glucose Catabolism in Pseudomonas putida: Genomic and Flux Analysis

T Del Castillo, JL Ramos… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.asm.org
In this study, we show that glucose catabolism in Pseudomonas putida occurs through the
simultaneous operation of three pathways that converge at the level of 6-phosphogluconate …

Peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (Pal) of Gram-negative bacteria: function, structure, role in pathogenesis and potential application in immunoprophylaxis

R Godlewska, K Wiśniewska, Z Pietras… - FEMS microbiology …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The protein Pal (peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein) is anchored in the outer membrane
(OM) of Gram-negative bacteria and interacts with Tol proteins. Tol–Pal proteins form two …

Peptidoglycan Recognition by Pal, an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein,

LM Parsons, F Lin, J Orban - Biochemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
Peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (Pal) is a potential vaccine candidate from
Haemophilus influenzae that is highly conserved in Gram-negative bacteria and anchored to …

Distinct functional roles of homologous Cu+ efflux ATPases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

M González‐Guerrero, D Raimunda… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Summary In bacteria, most Cu+‐ATPases confer tolerance to Cu by driving cytoplasmic
metal efflux. However, many bacterial genomes contain several genes coding for these …

The Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 wrinkly spreader biofilm requires attachment factor, cellulose fibre and LPS interactions to maintain strength and integrity

AJ Spiers, PB Rainey - Microbiology, 2005 - microbiologyresearch.org
The wrinkly spreader (WS) isolate of Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 forms a substantial
biofilm at the air–liquid interface. The biofilm is composed of an extracellular partially …

The Caulobacter Tol-Pal Complex Is Essential for Outer Membrane Integrity and the Positioning of a Polar Localization Factor

YC Yeh, LR Comolli, KH Downing, L Shapiro… - Journal of …, 2010 - journals.asm.org
Cell division in Caulobacter crescentus involves constriction and fission of the inner
membrane (IM) followed about 20 min later by fission of the outer membrane (OM) and …

Multiple and Interconnected Pathways for l-Lysine Catabolism in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

O Revelles, M Espinosa-Urgel, T Fuhrer… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT l-Lysine catabolism in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 was generally thought to
occur via the aminovalerate pathway. In this study we demonstrate the operation of the …

[HTML][HTML] CarO, an Acinetobacter baumannii outer membrane protein involved in carbapenem resistance, is essential for L-ornithine uptake

MA Mussi, VM Relling, AS Limansky, AM Viale - FEBS letters, 2007 - Elsevier
We previously associated the emergence of carbapenem resistance in Acinetobacter
baumannii with the loss of an outer membrane (OM) protein designated CarO. CarO was …