title: Separation of the outer membrane and identification of major outer membrane proteins from Porphyromonas gingivalis.
abstract: The outer membrane of Porphyromonas gingivalis, an oral strict anaerobe, was isolated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. The outer membrane obtained by the differential detergent extraction method, previously reported, showed an essentially similar protein pattern on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), confirming that the latter method is suitable for the study of outer membrane proteins in this organism. N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis revealed that major outer membrane proteins in this organism included Arg-gingipain, Lys-gingipain, RagA (a TonB-linked receptor), and putative porins that were homologous to Escherichia coli OmpA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Fuminobu
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000032:analysis; D003902:Detergents; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000080867:Gingipain Cysteine Endopeptidases; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018272:Porins / Q000032:analysis; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003902:Detergents; D000080867:Gingipain Cysteine Endopeptidases; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D018272:Porins; C484343:RagA protein, Porphyromonas gingivalis; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins