Cleaning of the Outer Membrane by MlaA (IMAGE)

Newcastle University

Cleaning of the Outer Membrane by MlaA

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MlaA, which in the cell is bound to another outer membrane protein called a porin, removes outer leaflet phospholipids and functions like a membrane vacuum cleaner that maintains the important outer membrane permeability barrier

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Bert van den Berg, Newcastle University

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