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The structure of the porin complexes of Neisseria meningitides was assessed in the vaccine strain H44/76 and its homologous mutants lacking the main porins (PorA and PorB) and other outer membrane (OM) components (RmpM and FetA). The analysis using 1-D blue native (BN) electrophoresis, 2-D BN/SDS-PAGE and 2-D diagonal electrophoresis, followed by LC/MS-MS (for 1-D gels) or MALDI-TOF (for 2-D gels) revealed at least six porin complexes in the wild-type strain with molecular masses (MW) ranging from 145 to 195 kDa and variable composition: The two higher MW complexes are formed by PorA, PorB and RmpM, the following three are formed by PorA and PorB, and the lower MW one is formed by only PorB. Complexes in the mutants lacking either PorA, PorB or RmpM, but not those in the mutant lacking FetA, were alterered respect to those in the wild-type strain. The most evident alteration was seen in the mutant lacking PorB, in which PorA formed only a high MW complex (approximate to 800 kDa). Our results suggest that PorA and PorB could form a 'basic' template for the transportation systems in the OM of the meningococci. Other proteins (such as RmpM) could be transiently associated to the porin complexes, depending on the specific tranport needs at different stages of the meningococcal life cycle, resulting in a dynamic net of pores of variable composition.
- 出版日期2009-2
- 单位中国食品药品检定研究院
