Passive receptor dissociation driven by porin threading establishes active colicin transport through Escherichia coli OmpF
M.-L. R. Francis, M. N. Webby, N. G. Housden, R. Kaminska, E. Elliston, B. Chinthammit, N. Lukoyanova, C. Kleanthous
The paper reveals how ColE9 crosses the outer membrane of E. coli by threading through OmpF pores, causing receptor dissociation and enabling toxin import.
bioRxiv · Apr 15, 2021Biochemistry