Identification and characterization of smallest pore-forming protein in the cell wall of pathogenic Corynebacterium urealyticum DSM 7109.

Narges AbdaliFarhan YounasSamaneh MafakheriKarunakar R PothulaUlrich KleinekathöferAndreas TauchRoland Benz
Published in: BMC biochemistry (2018)
Biophysical characterization of the purified protein (PorACur) suggested indeed that cur_1714 is the gene coding for the pore-forming protein in C. urealyticum because the protein formed in lipid bilayer experiments the same pores as the detergent extract of whole cells. The study is the first report of a cell wall channel in the pathogenic C. urealyticum.