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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

A mechanism for substrate quality control in outer membrane protein assembly.

Ashton N Combs, Anna Konovalova, Thomas J Silhavy

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ashton N CombsDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0002-0924-9959
Anna KonovalovaDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0002-2238-8849
Thomas J SilhavyDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0001-7672-5153

Funding

Biogenesis and maintenance of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteriaR35GM118024 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI SILHAVY, THOMAS J. · 2016 to 2025
$8.1M
Biogenesis of the gram-negative bacterial cell envelopeR35GM156651 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Anna Konovalova · 2025 to 2026
$780k
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 1R35GM156651HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 5R35GM118024NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118024NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM156651Welch Foundation (The Welch Foundation) AU-1998-20220331
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Abstract

The assembly of β-barrel proteins into the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is catalyzed by the β-barrel assembly machine (Bam) complex, which consists of two essential proteins, the BamA β-barrel and the lipoprotein BamD, and three nonessential lipoproteins BamBCE. While it is well established that BamD serves an essential role in regulating the activity of BamA, the physiological reasons underpinning the need for BamD-mediated regulation of β-barrel assembly are unclear. Here, we demonstrate that BamD-mediated regulation of BamA functions as a mechanism of substrate quality control that ensures the efficient assembly of β-barrel proteins into the OM. Through the use of substrate C-terminal fragments and multiple alleles of

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Bacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsLipoproteinsProtein FoldingBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBamA protein, E coliBamD protein, E coliEscherichia coli ProteinsLipoproteinsBam complexgram-negative bacteriaouter membrane proteinsprotein foldingprotein quality control

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PMID42160346
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