Structure of Escherichia coli BamB and its interaction with POTRA domains of BamA.
Dong, C., Yang, X., Hou, H.F., Shen, Y.Q., Dong, Y.H.(2012) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 68: 1134-1139
- PubMed: 22948914 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444912023141
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3Q54 - PubMed Abstract: 
In Escherichia coli, the BAM complex is essential for the assembly and insertion of outer membrane proteins (OMPs). The BAM complex is comprised of an integral β-barrel outer membrane protein BamA and four accessory lipoproteins BamB, BamC, BamD and BamE. Here, the crystal structure of BamB is reported. The crystal of BamB diffracted to 2.0 Å with one monomer in the asymmetric unit and the structure is composed of eight-bladed β-propeller motifs. Pull-down and Western blotting assays indicate that BamB interacts directly with the POTRA 1-3 domain of BamA and the C-terminal region of the POTRA 1-3 domain plays an important role in the interaction, while the POTRA 1-2 domain is not required for the interaction.
Organizational Affiliation: 
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.