title: An outer membrane protein A (ompA) homologue from the photosynthetic purple sulfur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum.
abstract: A 991 bp DNA fragment, consisting of a 225 amino acid reading frame homologous to outer membrane protein coding ompA gene, was cloned from a purple sulfur bacterium Allochromatium vinosum. The homology analysis revealed up to 51% similarity to other bacterial species. The absence of branching within diazotrophs or other taxonomically related groups shows the structural importance of the protein regardless of the metabolism and evolution of the species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Istanbul Technical University, Maslak, 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tutku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aykanat
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benan Dincturk
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002841:Chromatiaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins