Outer membrane protein W (OmpW) family is a family of evolutionarily related proteins from the bacterial outer membrane.
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Symbol | OmpW | ||||||||
Pfam | PF03922 | ||||||||
InterPro | IPR005618 | ||||||||
TCDB | 1.B.39 | ||||||||
OPM superfamily | 236 | ||||||||
OPM protein | 2x27 | ||||||||
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This family includes outer membrane protein W (OmpW) proteins from a variety of bacterial species. This protein may form the receptor for S4 colicins in Escherichia coli.[1]
References
edit- ^ Braun V, Pil sl H, Smajs D (1999). "Characterization of colicin S4 and its receptor, OmpW, a minor protein of the Escherichia coli outer membrane". J. Bacteriol. 181 (11): 3578–3581. doi:10.1128/JB.181.11.3578-3581.1999. PMC 93827. PMID 10348872.