Omptin

Omptin
Omptin
Identifiers
Symbol Omptin
Pfam PF01278
Pfam clan CL0193
PROSITE PDOC00657
MEROPS A26
SCOP 1i78

Omptins are a family of bacterial proteases.[1] They are aspartate proteases, which cleave peptides with the use of a water molecule. Found in the outer membrane of gram-negative enterobacteria such as Shigella flexneri, Yersinia pestis, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella enterica. Omptins consist of a widely conserved beta barrel spanning the membrane with 5 extra-cellular loops. These loops are responsible for the various substrate specificities. These proteases rely upon binding of lipopolysaccharide for activity.[2]

Omptins have been linked with pathogenesis in several bacteria.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hritonenko V, Stathopoulos C (2007). "Omptin proteins: an expanding family of outer membrane proteases in Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae". Mol. Membr. Biol. 24 (5-6): 395–406. doi:10.1080/09687680701443822. PMID 17710644. 
  2. ^ Kukkonen M, Korhonen TK (July 2004). "The omptin family of enterobacterial surface proteases/adhesins: from housekeeping in Escherichia coli to systemic spread of Yersinia pestis". Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 294 (1): 7–14. PMID 15293449. 

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