Identification of an outer membrane protein responsible for the binding of the Fe-enterochelin complex to Escherichia coli cells.

Journal of biochemistry ·Vol. 83 ·No. 1 ·1978-01-00 ·Pages 137-40

Ichihara S, Mizushima S

Abstract

Escherichia coli incorporates iron as a complex with enterochelin. By using mutants which lack one or the other, or both, of the outer membrane proteins, O-2b and O-3, we have shown that protein O-2b (feuB protein) is responsible for the primary binding of the iron-enterochelin complex to the outer membrane in the process of iron transport.

MeSH Terms

Binding Sites Enterobactin/metabolism Escherichia coli/metabolism Iron/metabolism Membrane Proteins/metabolism Mutation Serine/analogs & derivatives

Chemicals

Membrane Proteins Enterobactin Serine Iron

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Ichihara S

Mizushima S

Article Info

Journal

Journal of biochemistry

Abbr.

J Biochem

ISSN

0021-924X

DOI

10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a131884

Published

1978-01-00

Pages

137-40

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0376600

Subset

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