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. 1978 Jan;83(1):137-40.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a131884.

Identification of an outer membrane protein responsible for the binding of the Fe-enterochelin complex to Escherichia coli cells

S Ichihara, S Mizushima
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Identification of an outer membrane protein responsible for the binding of the Fe-enterochelin complex to Escherichia coli cells

S Ichihara et al. J Biochem. 1978 Jan.
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Abstract

Escherichia coli incorporates iron as a complex with enterochelin. By using mutants which lack one or the other, or both, of the outer membrane proteins, O-2b and O-3, we have shown that protein O-2b (feuB protein) is responsible for the primary binding of the iron-enterochelin complex to the outer membrane in the process of iron transport.

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