Gram-negative bacteria depend on their cell membranes for survival and environmental adaptation. They contain two membranes, one of which is the outer membrane (OM), home to several different proteins (Omps). One class important Omps porins, mediate inflow nutrients antimicrobial drugs. The microorganism’s sensitivity antibiotics, are predominantly targeted at internal sites, greatly influenced...

porins from salmonella typhi 0-901 and salmonella typhimurium ra-30 were characterized and compared. the elution profile of porins from these salmonella species on sepharose-48 and hplc appear to be very similar. the findings were confirmed by the electrophoretic pattern which showed three types of porins, i.e. ompc, ompd and ompf in both species. these porins appear to be similar, if not ident...

Porins are proteins that form water-filled channels across the outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria and thus make this membrane semipermeable. There are four types of porins: general/nonspecific porins, substrate-specific porins, gated porins, and efflux porins (also called channel-tunnels). The recent publication of the genomic sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 has dramatically incr...

Porins from Salmonella typhi 0-901 and Salmonella typhimurium Ra-30 were characterized and compared. The elution profile of porins from these salmonella species on Sepharose-48 and HPLC appear to be very similar. The findings were confirmed by the electrophoretic pattern which showed three types of porins, i.e. OmpC, OmpD and OmpF in both species. These porins appear to be similar, if not ...

The current studies were undertaken to assess the ability of humoral immune response in breeding hens and the protective immunity provided by administration of purified Salmonella gallinarum (SG) porins to the progeny. Two hundred and ten broiler breeder hens, 53 weeks old, were divided into three groups and subcutaneously immunized via multiple sites at 0 and 10 days with either: a) 10 μg SG p...

The inflammatory activity of porins purified from Salmonella typhimurium has been investigated. Porins (0.3 to 30 micrograms) injected into the rat paw induced a dose-related edema that was not due to lipopolysaccharide contamination and did not appear to be dependent on the activation of the complement system. The edema induced by 30 micrograms of porins was comparable to that caused by 1 mg o...

Porins from outer membranes (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria exist in intact membranes as homotrimers forming water-filled pores or channels that provide low-molecular compounds transportation. Surface localization of the porins and their structural peculiarities determine multiplicity of their functions except for the transport one. On the one hand, porins are targets for the host immune system....

The neisserial porins are the major protein components of the outer membrane of the pathogenic Neisseria (N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae). They have been shown to be able to enhance the immune response to poorly immunogenic substances (e.g., polysaccharides, peptides, glycolipids, etc.). To explore the basis of their potent adjuvant activity, the effect of the neisserial porins on T-B cell ...

Twelve different porins from the gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Yersinia pestis were reconstituted into lipid bilayer membranes. Most of the porins, except outer membrane protein P, formed large, water-filled, ion-permeable channels with a single-channel conductance between 1.5 and 6 nS in 1 M KCl. The ions used for probing the pore ...

Introduction and objective: Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Brucella are considered as immunogenic structures which can be used to design and develop a subunit vaccine for human brucellosis. Brucella abortus S99 OMPs promote the synthesis of high levels of specific anti-Brucella IgG molecules in rabbits when administrated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The objective of this study is evaluatio...