Outer membrane protein W family

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Outer membrane protein W
Identifiers
Symbol OmpW
Pfam PF03922
InterPro IPR005618
TCDB 1.B.39
OPM family 26
OPM protein 2f1v
Available PDB structures:

2f1vB:23-212 2f1tA:23-212

Outer membrane protein W (OmpW) family is a family of evolutionarily related proteins from the outer bacterial membrane.

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].

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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. PMID 10348872.