The lipopolysaccharide transport system of Gram-negative bacteria |
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Authors: | Paola Sperandeo Gianni Dehò Alessandra Polissi |
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Institution: | 1. Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, 20126 Milan, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Scienze biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy |
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Abstract: | The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria consists of two distinct membranes, the inner (IM) and the outer membrane (OM) separated by the periplasm. The OM contains in the outer leaflet the lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a complex lipid with important biological activities. In the host it elicits the innate immune response whereas in the bacterium it is responsible for the peculiar permeability barrier properties exhibited by the OM. The chemical structure of LPS and its biosynthetic pathways have been fully elucidated. By contrast only recently details of the transport and assembly of LPS into the OM have emerged. LPS is synthesized in the cytoplasm and at the inner leaflet of the IM and needs to cross two different compartments, the IM and the periplasm, to reach its final destination at the OM. This review focuses on recent studies that led to our present understanding of the protein machine implicated in LPS transport and in assembly at the cell surface. |
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Keywords: | IM inner membrane OM outer membrane LPS lipopolysaccharide OMPs outer membrane proteins Kdo 3-deoxy-d-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid MS mass spectrometry NAG N-acetylglucosamine TLR4 toll-like receptor 4 |
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