title: Porin of Rhodobacter capsulatus: biochemical and functional characterization.
abstract: The major outer membrane protein of Rhodobacter capsulatus 37b4 (capsule-free) was isolated. Strong porin-activity was observed after reconstitution into artificial lipid bilayer membranes with a single channel conductance of 3.15 nS in 1 M KCl. The porin migrated as a broad, single band (Mr above 90,000) on sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and dissociated into a single species of polypeptides (Mr 36,000) on treatment with EDTA (10 mM at 30 degrees C, 20 min) or by heating (100 degrees C, 5 min). Analytical ultracentrifugation studies demonstrated the native porin to be a trimer. The monomers chromatofocused as a single, sharp peak on fast performance liquid chromatography and only one band, corresponding to an isoelectric point of about 4.0, was obtained on isoelectric focusing. Gas-phase sequencing of the 23 N-terminal residues revealed Glu-Val-Lys-Leu-Ser-Gly-Asp-Ala-Arg-Met-Gly-Val-Met-Tyr-Asn-Gly-Asp-Asp- X-Asn- Phe-Ser-Ser.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biologie II, Mikrobiologie, der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Woitzik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weckesser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stevanovic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rosenbusch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D018272:Porins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012241:Rhodopseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010743:Phospholipids; D018272:Porins