Crystal structure and functional characterization of OmpK36, the osmoporin of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Dutzler, R., Rummel, G., Alberti, S., Hernandez-Alles, S., Phale, P., Rosenbusch, J., Benedi, V., Schirmer, T.(1999) Structure 7: 425-434
- PubMed: 10196126 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(99)80055-0
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1OSM - PubMed Abstract: 
Porins are channel-forming membrane proteins that confer solute permeability to the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. In Escherichia coli, major nonspecific porins are matrix porin (OmpF) and osmoporin (OmpC), which show high sequence homology. In response to high osmolarity of the medium, OmpC is expressed at the expense of OmpF porin. Here, we study osmoporin of the pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae (OmpK36), which shares 87% sequence identity with E. coliOmpC in an attempt to establish why osmoporin is best suited to function at high osmotic pressure.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Structural Biology, Biozentrum University of Basel, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.