Opacity porins
Appearance
Opacity family porin protein | |||||||||
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![]() Structure of Neisserial surface protein A (NspA).[1] | |||||||||
Identifiers | |||||||||
Symbol | Opacity | ||||||||
Pfam | PF02462 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR003394 | ||||||||
SCOP2 | 1p4t / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
OPM superfamily | 235 | ||||||||
OPM protein | 1p4t | ||||||||
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Opacity family porins are a family of porins from pathogenic Neisseria. These bacteria possess a repertoire of phase-variable opacity proteins that mediate various pathogen/host cell interactions.[2] These proteins are related to OmpA-like transmembrane domain family.
References
[edit]- ^ Vandeputte-Rutten L, Bos MP, Tommassen J, Gros P (July 2003). "Crystal structure of Neisserial surface protein A (NspA), a conserved outer membrane protein with vaccine potential". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (27): 24825–30. doi:10.1074/jbc.M302803200. PMID 12716881.
- ^ Meyer TF, Dehio C, Gray-owen SD (1998). "The role of neisserial Opa proteins in interactions with host cells". Trends Microbiol. 6 (12): 489–495. doi:10.1016/S0966-842X(98)01365-1. PMID 10036728.