The nature of the attachment of a regularly arranged surface protein to the outer membrane of an Acinetobacter sp

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 389; no. 1; pp. 97 - 116
• Main Authors: Thorne, K J, Thornley, M J, Naisbitt, P, Glauert, A M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 21.04.1975
• Subjects: Acinetobacter - analysis; Acinetobacter - ultrastructure; Alcaligenes - analysis; Bacterial Proteins - analysis; Carboxylic Acids; Cell Membrane - analysis; Cell Membrane - ultrastructure; Chlorides; Edetic Acid; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Lipids - analysis; Lipopolysaccharides - analysis; Macromolecular Substances; Magnesium; Phospholipases; Sodium; Surface-Active Agents; Urea

Acinetobacter 199A carries on the outer surface of its outer membrane a layer of regularly arranged protein subunits. The isolated surface protein assembles into the same regular array even in the absence of the underlying outer membrane. Cl- minus is required for this self-assembly. Evidence is pre...