Investigation of gating in outer membrane porins provides new perspectives on antibiotic resistance mechanisms
A. K. Vasan, N. Haloi, R. J. Ulrich, M. E. Metcalf, P.-C. Wen, W. W. Metcalf, P. J. Hergenrother, D. Shukla, E. Tajkhorshid
This study uses molecular dynamics simulations and experiments to show that dynamic gating of E. coli outer membrane porin OmpF, mediated by conserved acidic residues, regulates antibiotic permeability and contributes to antibiotic resistance.
bioRxiv · Sep 9, 2021 · PreprintBiophysics