ArticleJournal of bacteriology2026
Length matters: the disordered N-terminus of Pal coordinates Lpp exclusion for outer membrane constriction in
Zhuo-Wei Chen, Ting-Ting Chen, Hong-Su Zhang, Si-Yu Chen, Yu-Qing Zhang, Xiu-Lan Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang, Hai-Nan Su
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Zhuo-Wei Chen *Marine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Ting-Ting Chen *Marine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Hong-Su ZhangMarine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Si-Yu ChenMarine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Yu-Qing ZhangMarine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Xiu-Lan ChenMarine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2991-3631 Yu-Zhong ZhangMarine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2017-1005 Hai-Nan SuMarine Biotechnology Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3330-7899 Funding
Instrumentaion and Equipment Enhancement Program of Shandong University TS20240302National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFA0914603National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270041Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province ZR2025MS423
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The peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (Pal) is essential for outer membrane integrity in gram-negative bacteria, but how its N-terminal disordered region contributes to cell division remains unclear. Here, we truncated this region in
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Bacterial Outer MembraneBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsLipoproteinsCell DivisionCell MembraneMicroscopy, Atomic ForcePeptidoglycanBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsLipoproteinsLpp protein, E coliPeptidoglycancell divisiondisordered regionlipoproteinsLppouter membranePal
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