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November 1998 - Vol 5 No 11
Nature Structural Biology 5 (1998)
| | |  | The structure of the transmembrane domain of the outer membrane protein A of Escherichia coli
(OmpA) consists of a regular, extended eight-stranded b-barrel that is constructed like an inverse
micelle with large water-filled cavities, but no pore. Thus, as an anchor to the outer membrane, it
may be equivalent to the singlechain a-helix anchor of the inner bacterial membrane.
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