Outer membrane protein P of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: regulation by phosphate deficiency and formation of small anion-specific channels in lipid bilayer membranes.
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Hancock, R E
RESUMO
A new major outer membrane protein, P, was induced in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 upon growth in medium containing 0.2 mM or less inorganic phosphate. Studies with media containing different levels of phosphate and with mutants of PAO1 suggested that protein P was coregulated with alkaline phosphatase and phospholipase C. Protein P was substantially purified and shown to form sodium dodecyl sulfate-resistant oligomers on polyacrylamide gels. The incorporation of purified protein P into artificial lipid bilayers resulted in an increase of the membrane conductance by many orders of magnitude. Single-channel experiments demonstrated that protein P channels were substantially smaller than all previously studied porins from P. aeruginosa and enteric bacteria, with an average single-channel conductance in 1 M NaCl of 0.25 nS. The protein P channel was apparently not voltage induced or regulated. The results of single-channel conductance experiments, using a variety of different salts, allowed a minimum channel diameter estimate of 0.7 nm. Furthermore, from these results it was concluded that the protein P channel was highly specific for anions. Zero-current potential measurements confirmed that protein P was at least 30-fold more permeable for Cl- than for K+ ions. The possible biological role of the small, anion-specific protein P channels in phosphate uptake from the medium is discussed.
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