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Outer membrane polysaccharide transporter

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Poly_export
Identifiers
SymbolPoly_export
PfamPF02563
InterProIPR003715
TCDB1.B.18
OPM superfamily167
OPM protein2j58
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary

The extracellular polysaccharide colanic acid is produced by species of the family Enterobacteriaceae. In Escherichia coli strain K12 the colanic acid cluster comprises 19 genes. The wzx gene encodes a protein with multiple transmembrane segments that may function in export of the colanic acid repeat unit from the cytoplasm into the periplasm in a process analogous to O-unit export. The colanic acid gene clusters may be involved in the export of polysaccharide from the cell.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Stevenson G, Andrianopoulos K, Hobbs M, Reeves PR (August 1996). "Organization of the Escherichia coli K-12 gene cluster responsible for production of the extracellular polysaccharide colanic acid". Journal of Bacteriology. 178 (16): 4885–93. doi:10.1128/jb.178.16.4885-4893.1996. PMC 178271. PMID 8759852.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR003715