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  • Structure of outer membrane...
    Retel, Joren S; Nieuwkoop, Andrew J; Hiller, Matthias; Higman, Victoria A; Barbet-Massin, Emeline; Stanek, Jan; Andreas, Loren B; Franks, W Trent; van Rossum, Barth-Jan; Vinothkumar, Kutti R; Handel, Lieselotte; de Palma, Gregorio Giuseppe; Bardiaux, Benjamin; Pintacuda, Guido; Emsley, Lyndon; Kühlbrandt, Werner; Oschkinat, Hartmut

    Nature communications, 12/2017, Letnik: 8, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    β-barrel proteins mediate nutrient uptake in bacteria and serve vital functions in cell signaling and adhesion. For the 14-strand outer membrane protein G of Escherichia coli, opening and closing is pH-dependent. Different roles of the extracellular loops in this process were proposed, and X-ray and solution NMR studies were divergent. Here, we report the structure of outer membrane protein G investigated in bilayers of E. coli lipid extracts by magic-angle-spinning NMR. In total, 1847 inter-residue H- H and C- C distance restraints, 256 torsion angles, but no hydrogen bond restraints are used to calculate the structure. The length of β-strands is found to vary beyond the membrane boundary, with strands 6-8 being the longest and the extracellular loops 3 and 4 well ordered. The site of barrel closure at strands 1 and 14 is more disordered than most remaining strands, with the flexibility decreasing toward loops 3 and 4. Loop 4 presents a well-defined helix.