Outer-membrane transport of aromatic hydrocarbons as a first step in biodegradation.
Hearn, E.M., Patel, D.R., van den Berg, B.(2008) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: 8601-8606
- PubMed: 18559855 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801264105
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3BRY, 3BRZ, 3BS0 - PubMed Abstract: 
Bacterial biodegradation of hydrocarbons, an important process for environmental remediation, requires the passage of hydrophobic substrates across the cell membrane. Here, we report crystal structures of two outer membrane proteins, Pseudomonas putida TodX and Ralstonia pickettii TbuX, which have been implicated in hydrocarbon transport and are part of a subfamily of the FadL fatty acid transporter family ...