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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2018

Disruption of the E. coli LptC dimerization interface and characterization of lipopolysaccharide and LptA binding to monomeric LptC.

Kathryn M Schultz, Matthew A Fischer, Elizabeth L Noey, Candice S Klug

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The LptC transmembrane helix undergoes a rigid body movement upon LptBProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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  4. Residues within the LptC transmembrane helix are critical for Escherichia coli LptBProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2024
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  6. Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kathryn M SchultzDepartment of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226.
Matthew A FischerDepartment of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226.
Elizabeth L NoeyDepartment of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226.
Candice S KlugDepartment of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226.ORCID 0000-0003-4547-320X
Medical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

TR&D Project 3P41EB001980 · NIBIB · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI KLUG, CANDICE S · 2003 to 2017
$16.3M
Lpt protein-mediated transport of LPSR01GM108817 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI KLUG, CANDICE S · 2014 to 2022
$2.6M
Acquisition of a Bruker E580 Pulse EPR SpectrometerS10RR022422 · NCRR · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI KLUG, CANDICE S · 2007 to 2007
$500k
Acquisition of Q-band Pulsed EPR CapabilityS10OD011937 · OD · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI KLUG, CANDICE S · 2012 to 2012
$381k
Asymmetric flow FFF and Composition Gradient/Light Scattering SystemS10RR023748 · NCRR · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI FOLTA-STOGNIEW, EWA JOANNA · 2007 to 2007
$271k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR022422NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR023748NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB001980NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM108817NIH HHS S10 OD011937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an essential element of nearly all Gram-negative bacterial outer membranes and serves to protect the cell from adverse environmental stresses. Seven members of the lipopolysaccharide transport (Lpt) protein family function together to transport LPS from the inner membrane (IM) to the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of bacteria such as Escherichia coli. Each of these proteins has a solved crystal structure, including LptC, which is a largely periplasmic protein that is associated with the IM LptB

Indexed as

Carrier ProteinsElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyEscherichia coli ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesMembrane ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutagenesis, Site-DirectedPoint MutationProtein MultimerizationRecombinant ProteinsCarrier ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsLipopolysaccharidesLptA protein, E coliLptC protein, E coliMembrane ProteinsRecombinant Proteinscomputational modelingdimerdissociation constantelectrostatic surface potentialEPR spectroscopylipopolysaccharideLPSLPS binding proteinLptCperiplasmic protein

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PMID29672978
PMCPMC6153404
OpenAlexW2799399534

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