Absence of long-range diffusion of OmpA in E. coli is not caused by its peptidoglycan binding domain

BMC Microbiology

Tanneke den Blaauwen²  Marileen Dogterom¹  Gertjan S Verhoeven¹ 

[1] FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam, 1098 XG, The Netherlands;Bacterial Cell Biology, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Sciencepark 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, The Netherlands

关键词: OmpA;    Cell membrane;    FRAP;    Diffusion;    Outer membrane;    Peptidoglycan;    Bacterial cell wall;   

Others  :  1144043
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2180-13-66

 received in 2012-12-23, accepted in 2013-03-18,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

It is widely believed that integral outer membrane (OM) proteins in bacteria are able to diffuse laterally in the OM. However, stable, immobile proteins have been identified in the OM of Escherichia coli. In explaining the observations, a hypothesized interaction of the immobilized OM proteins with the underlying peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall played a prominent role.

Results

OmpA is an abundant outer membrane protein in E. coli containing a PG-binding domain. We use FRAP to investigate whether OmpA is able to diffuse laterally over long-range (> ~100 nm) distances in the OM. First, we show that OmpA, containing a PG binding domain, does not exhibit long-range lateral diffusion in the OM. Then, to test whether PG interaction was required for this immobilization, we genetically removed the PG binding domain and repeated the FRAP experiment. To our surprise, this did not increase the mobility of the protein in the OM.

Conclusions

OmpA exhibits an absence of long-range (> ~100 nm) diffusion in the OM that is not caused by its PG binding domain. Therefore, other mechanisms are needed to explain this observation, such as the presence of physical barriers in the OM, or strong interactions with other elements in the cell envelope.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Verhoeven et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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