Outer membrane polysaccharide transporter
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Poly_export | |||||||||
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Symbol | Poly_export | ||||||||
Pfam | PF02563 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR003715 | ||||||||
TCDB | 1.B.18 | ||||||||
OPM superfamily | 167 | ||||||||
OPM protein | 2j58 | ||||||||
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The extracellular polysaccharide is produced by species of the family Enterobacteriaceae. In Escherichia coli strain K12 the colanic acid cluster comprises 19 genes. The wzx gene encodes a protein with multiple transmembrane segments that may function in export of the colanic acid repeat unit from the cytoplasm into the periplasm in a process analogous to . The colanic acid gene clusters may be involved in the export of polysaccharide from the cell.[1]
References[]
- ^ Stevenson G, Andrianopoulos K, Hobbs M, Reeves PR (August 1996). "Organization of the Escherichia coli K-12 gene cluster responsible for production of the extracellular polysaccharide colanic acid". Journal of Bacteriology. 178 (16): 4885–93. doi:10.1128/jb.178.16.4885-4893.1996. PMC 178271. PMID 8759852.
Categories:
- Biochemistry stubs
- Outer membrane proteins
- Protein families