A lipoprotein partner for the Escherichia coli outer membrane protein TolC
Jim E. Horne, Elise Kaplan, Ben HS Jin, Kieran Abbott, Victor Martin Quintana Flores, Emmanouela Petsolari, Jan M. Gradon, Véronique Yvette Ntsogo Enguéné, Andrzej Harris, Dingquan Yu, Ashraf Zarkan, Ben F. Luisi
The paper identifies YbjP as a lipoprotein partner for E. coli TolC, showing its interaction with TolC's periplasmic surface and N-terminal lipid moiety, and presents cryo-EM structures of related efflux pump complexes.
eLife · Apr 15, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology