Outer Membrane Protein K of Escherichia Coli: Purification and Pore-forming Properties in Lipid Bilayer Membranes

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1983 Nov 1

PMID 6313621

Citations 14

Authors

C Whitfield

R E Hancock

J W Costerton

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Abstract

Protein K, a recently described outer membrane protein correlated with encapsulation in Escherichia coli (Paakkanen et al., J. Bacteriol. 139:835-841, 1979), has been purified to apparent homogeneity. Purification was based upon the noncovalent association of protein K with peptidoglycan, and the purified protein was shown to form sodium dodecyl sulfate-resistant oligomers on polyacrylamide gels. Incorporation of small amounts (10(-10) to 10(-11) M) of purified protein K into artificial lipid bilayers resulted in an increase, by many orders of magnitude, in membrane conductance. The increased conductance resulted from the formation of large, water-filled, ion-permeable channels exhibiting single-channel conductance in 1.0 M KCl of 1.83 nS. The membrane conductance showed a linear relationship between current and applied voltage and was not voltage induced or regulated. The channel was permeable to large organic ions (e.g., Tris+ Cl-) and, based upon a pore length of 7.5 nm, a minimum channel diameter of 1.2 nm was estimated; these properties resemble values for other enteric porins. The possible biological role of the pores produced by protein K is discussed.

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