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Two novel families of bacterial membrane proteins concerned with nodulation, cell division and transport
Author(s) -
Saier M. H.,
Tam R.,
Reizer A.,
Reizer J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb00362.x
Subject(s) - biology , cell envelope , efflux , membrane transport protein , cell division , membrane protein , bacterial cell structure , escherichia coli , transport protein , bacterial outer membrane , rhizobium , inner membrane , integral membrane protein , protein family , microbiology and biotechnology , membrane transport , bacteria , biochemistry , cell , membrane , genetics , gene
Summary Homology has been established for members of two families of functionally related bacterial membrane proteins. The first family (the resistance/nodulation/cell division (RND) family) Includes (i) two metal‐resistance efflux pumps in Alcaligenes eutrophus (CzcA and CnrA), (ii) three proteins which function together in nodulation of alfalfa roots by Rhizobium meliloti (NoIGHI), and (iii) a cell division protein in Escherichia coli (EnvD). The second family (the putative membrane fusion protein (MFP) family) includes a nodulation protein (NoIF), a cell division protein (EnvC), and a multidrug resistance transport protein (EmrA). We propose that an MFP functions co‐operatively with an RND protein to transport large or hydrophobic molecules across the two membranes of the Gram‐negative bacterial cell envelope.