Structure of the outer membrane porin OmpW from the pervasive pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Author(s)
Seddon, Chloe
Frankel, Gad
Beis, Konstantinos
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Conjugation is the process by which plasmids, including those that carry antibiotic-resistance genes, are mobilized from one bacterium (the donor) to another (the recipient). The conjugation efficiency of IncF-like plasmids relies on the formation of mating-pair stabilization via intimate interactions between outer membrane proteins on the donor (a plasmid-encoded TraN isoform) and recipient bacteria. Conjugation of the R100-1 plasmid into Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP) recipients relies on pairing between the plasmid-encoded TraNα in the donor and OmpW in the recipient. Here, the crystal structure of K. pneumoniae OmpW (OmpWKP) is reported at 3.2 Å resolution. OmpWKP forms an eight-stranded β-barrel flanked by extracellular loops. The structures of E. coli OmpW (OmpWEC) and OmpWKP show high conservation despite sequence variability in the extracellular loops.
Date Issued
2024-01-01
Date Acceptance
2023-12-11
Citation
Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications Online, 2024, 80 (Pt 1), pp.22-27
ISSN
1744-3091
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography
Start Page
22
End Page
27
Journal / Book Title
Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications Online
Volume
80
Issue
Pt 1
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). This article is published under a CC-BY 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38206593
PII: S2053230X23010579
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Crystallography, X-Ray
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Porins
bacterial conjugation
Klebsiella pneumoniae
OmpW
outer membrane porin
β-barrel
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States