Biology:Corynebacterial porin B

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Short description: Bacterial proteins
PorB
Identifiers
SymbolPorB
PfamPF11565
InterProIPR021114
TCDB1.B.34
OPM superfamily190
OPM protein2vql

Porins B and C are cell wall channel-forming proteins from Corynebacterium. Porin B from Corynebacterium glutamicum (Brevibacterium flavum) allows the exchange of material across the mycolic acid layer, which is the protective nonpolar barrier. Porin B has an alpha helical core structure consisting of four alpha-helices surrounding a nonpolar interior. There is a disulfide bridge between helices 1 and 4 to form a stable covalently bound ring.[1] The channel of PorB is oligomeric.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "A putative alpha-helical porin from Corynebacterium glutamicum". J. Mol. Biol. 379 (3): 482–91. June 2008. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.017. PMID 18462756. 
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR021114