Autotransporter folding avoids a kinetic trap during vectorial translocation across the bacterial outer membrane
Lan Yang, Qing Luan, Michael C. Baxa, Patricia L. Clark, James C. Gumbart
The paper explains how autotransporter proteins avoid a kinetic trap during secretion by using a computational framework to reveal hidden conformational states.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics