title: Nucleotide and derived amino acid sequences of the major porin of Comamonas acidovorans and comparison of porin primary structures.
abstract: The DNA sequence of the gene which codes for the major outer membrane porin (Omp32) of Comamonas acidovorans has been determined. The structural gene encodes a precursor consisting of 351 amino acid residues with a signal peptide of 19 amino acid residues. Comparisons with amino acid sequences of outer membrane proteins and porins from several other members of the class Proteobacteria and of the Chlamydia trachomatis porin and the Neurospora crassa mitochondrial porin revealed a motif of eight regions of local homology. The results of this analysis are discussed with regard to common structural features of porins.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried bei München, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gerbl-Rieger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kellermann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lottspeich
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baumeister
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018272:Porins
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C115885:Omp32 protein, bacteria; D018272:Porins