title: A 17 kDa outer-membrane protein (Omp4) from Serratia marcescens confers partial resistance to bacteriocin 28b when expressed in Escherichia coli.
abstract: A cosmid-based genomic library of Serratia marcescens N28b was introduced into Escherichia coli and clones were screened for a bacteriocin 28b insensitive phenotype. One clone was found that showed partial resistance to bacteriocin 28b. By using Tn5tac1 insertions it was shown that this phenotype was due to the expression in E. coli of an outer-membrane protein of 17 kDa (Omp4). The DNA region defined by insertion mutagenesis was sequenced and found to contain an ORF of 515 bp. The deduced amino acid sequence has 172 residues with a theoretical molecular mass of 18.4 kDa. The protein contains an N-terminal signal sequence of 24 amino acid residues and, when compared to other enterobacterial outer-membrane proteins, most closely resembles a family of small outer-membrane proteins of Enterobacteriaceae whose known functions appear to be related with virulence. Immunoblotting experiments showed that Omp4 is present in 15 biotypes of S. marcescens. The bacteriocin 28b resistance phenotype conferred on E. coli by Omp4 appears to be pleiotropic since overexpression of the Omp4-encoding gene leads to a decrease in the amount of OmpA, OmpF and/or OmpC; OmpA and OmpF are the receptors for bacteriocin 28b in E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy University of Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Guasch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Enfedaque
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Viejo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Regué
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015698:Genomic Library; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: C096671:17-kDa outer membrane protein, Serratia; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001430:Bacteriocins