Lipopolysaccharide promoted opening of the porin channel
- 12 April 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 320 (3) , 251-255
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(93)80597-n
Abstract
We show here that the imipenem (a carbapenem, β‐lactam antibiotic)‐permeable porin channels (protein D2 or OprD2) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were closed mostly in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‐free membrane and were openable by adding LPS to the membrane as assayed by ion conductivity measurements using planar lipid bilayers. Open and closed states of the OprD2 channels exhibited conductivities of about 400 and 30 pS, respectively, in 1 M NaCl. The OprD2 channel in the LPS‐containing membrane showed very rapid opening and closing events in a second order and the duration of closure became longer at low membrane potentials.Keywords
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