title: Purification of Aeromonas hydrophila major outer-membrane proteins: N-terminal sequence analysis and channel-forming properties.
abstract: Four outer-membrane proteins of Aeromonas hydrophila were purified and their N-terminal sequences and channel-forming properties were determined. Three could be matched with proteins from other species. One was a maltoporin, as its level increased when cells were grown in maltose-containing media, and the channel it formed was blocked by maltose. Another was like OmpF and OmpC of Escherichia coli, except that its channel fluctuated much more rapidly. The third protein, which was produced in low-phosphate medium, exhibited several properties of the general anion porin PhoE. The fourth showed no similarity to any known proteins. It had a unique N-terminus and it formed small sharply-defined cation-selective channels. Two other proteins which corresponded to OmpW of Vibrio cholerae and E. coli OmpA were partly characterized.
mesh_terms: D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D007473:Ion Channels; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D005810:Multigene Family; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels