An investigation into the Omp85 protein BamK in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae , and its role in outer membrane biogenesis

What is it about?

BamA is a protein in the outer membrane that controls the essential process for the assembly of other outer membrane proteins. We show that the important human pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae has two types of BamA, an evolutionary insight into the natural pressure placed on this essential process in bacterial cell biology.

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