title: Omp85, an evolutionarily conserved bacterial protein involved in outer-membrane-protein assembly.
abstract: The insertion of proteins into membranes generally requires the assistance of membrane proteins. A protein, designated Omp85 in Neisseria meningitidis, was shown to be required for the assembly of bacterial outer-membrane proteins. The protein is essential for the viability of the bacteria and is ubiquitous among Gram-negative bacteria. Omp85 depletion results in the accumulation of aggregates of unfolded outer-membrane proteins, and we argue that Omp85 is directly involved in outer-membrane-protein assembly. Omp85 shows sequence similarity with Toc75 of the chloroplast protein-import machinery, suggesting a common evolutionary origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Romé
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Voulhoux
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tommassen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C115176:Omp85 protein, Neisseria