Opacity family porins

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Opacity family porin protein
Identifiers
Symbol Opacity
Pfam PF02462
InterPro IPR003394
SCOP 1p4t
OPM family 26
OPM protein 1p4t
Available PDB structures:

1p4tA:52-174

Opacity family porins are a family of porins from pathogenic Neisseria. These bacteria possess a repertoire of phase-variable opacity proteins that mediate various pathogen/host cell interactions[1]. These proteins are related to OmpA-like transmembrane domain family.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Meyer TF, Dehio C, Gray-owen SD (1998). "The role of neisserial Opa proteins in interactions with host cells". Trends Microbiol. 6 (12): 489–495. doi:10.1016/S0966-842X(98)01365-1. PMID 10036728.