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Microbiology 143 (1997), 2373-2379
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microbiology, Vol 143, 2373-2379, Copyright © 1997 by Society for General Microbiology

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An outer-membrane porin inducible by short-chain amides and urea in the methylotrophic bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus

J Mills, NR Wyborn, JA Greenwood, SG Williams and CW Jones
Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, UK.

The fmdA and fmdB genes encoding formamidase and a putative regulatory protein, respectively, from the methylotrophic bacterium Methylophilus methylotrophus were recloned with additional flanking DNA (pSW1). fmdC, encoding a weakly hydrophilic protein containing an N-terminal signal sequence, was identified upstream of fmdAB. The derived amino acid sequence of mature FmdC (M(r) 39204) showed that it was rich in beta- sheet and aromatic amino acids, and exhibited significant similarities to several outer-membrane porins from other bacteria. Cell fractionation studies showed that the protein was located in the outer membrane. Mature FmdC was purified and shown to consist of a single type of subunit (M(r) 40,000) with the predicted N-terminal amino acid sequence (GATISF-). SDS-PAGE and Western blotting of cells grown in continuous culture under various conditions showed that mature FmdC was induced by formamide, acetamide and urea, repressed by excess ammonia, and over-expressed during prolonged growth under formamide limitation. It is concluded that mature FmdC is a porin involved in the transport of short-chain amides and urea through the outer membrane of M. methylotrophus under conditions where these nitrogen sources are present at very low concentration.


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