title: Bacterial 'histone-like protein I' (HLP-I) is an outer membrane constituent?
abstract: The nucleoid-associated 'histone-like protein I' (HLP-I) protein of E. coli was found to be homologous with the cationic 16-kDa outer membrane protein OmpH of Salmonella typhimurium. Deduced from the nucleotide sequence, the HLP-I protein has 91% identical residues with the OmpH protein. Both proteins have very similar cleavable signal sequences. The nucleotide sequence similarity between the corresponding genes hlpA and ompH is 87%. The ompH gene is located in a gene cluster resembling the hlpA-ORF17 region of E. coli which is close to the Ipx genes involved in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharides. The localization of the OmpH/HLP-I protein in the cell is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hirvas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; C040330:histone-like protein HU, bacteria