Porins of Vibrio cholerae: purification and characterization of OmpU.
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Chakrabarti, S R
RESUMO
Three outer membrane proteins with molecular masses of 40, 38, and 27 kDa of the hypertoxinogenic strain 569B of Vibrio cholerae have been purified to homogeneity. The synthesis of all the three proteins is regulated by the osmolarity of the growth medium. The pore-forming ability of the 40-kDa protein, OmpT, and the 38-kDa protein, OmpU, has been demonstrated by using liposomes, in which these proteins were embedded. The 27-kDa protein, OmpX, though osmoregulated, is not a porin. OmpU constitutes 30% of the total outer membrane protein when grown in the presence of 1.0% NaCl in the growth medium and 60% in the absence of NaCl. OmpU is an acidic protein and is a homotrimer of 38-kDa monomeric units. Its secondary structure contains predominantly a beta-sheet, and three to four Ca2+ ions are associated with each monomeric unit. Removal of Ca2+ irreversibly disrupts the structure and pore-forming ability of the protein. The pore size of OmpU is 1.6 nm, and the specific activity of the OmpU channel is two- to threefold higher than that of Escherichia coli porin OmpF, synthesis of which resembles that of OmpU with respect to the osmolarity of the growth medium. The pore size of OmpT, which is analogous to OmpC of E. coli, is smaller than that of OmpU. Southern blot hybridization of V. cholerae genomic DNA digested with several restriction endonucleases with nick-translated E. coli ompF as the probe revealed no nucleotide sequence homology between the ompU and ompF genes. OmpU is also not antigenically related to OmpF. Anti-OmpF antiserum, however, cross-reacted with the 45-kDa V. cholerae outer membrane protein, OmpS, the synthesis of which is regulated by the presence of maltose in the growth medium. OmpU hemagglutinated with rabbit and human blood. This toxR-regulated protein is one of the possible virulence determinants in V. cholerae (V. L. Miller and J. J. Mekalanos, J. Bacteriol. 170:2575-2583, 1988).
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