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. 1990 Feb;172(2):648–652. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.2.648-652.1990

Colicin cleavage by OmpT protease during both entry into and release from Escherichia coli cells.

D Cavard 1, C Lazdunski 1
PMCID: PMC208488  PMID: 2404946

Abstract

Proteolysis of colicins A, E1, E2, and E3 was observed after they were added to whole cells carrying a functional ompT gene. Recombinant plasmid pML19 containing the ompT gene enabled two mutant strains to cleave the added colicins. On the other hand, two colicin A recombinants were split after release from the wild-type bacteria that produced them but not from ompT mutant cells.

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