Crossref journal-article
Wiley
FEBS Letters (311)
Abstract

The phage shock protein A (PspA) of Escherichia coli stabilizes the cytoplasmic membrane under stress conditions. Here we demonstrate that PspA can form hollow spherical or prolate spheroidal particles of about 30–40 nm diameter with a scaffold‐like arrangement of protein subunits at the surface. The ‘PspA‐scaffold’ is the basic structure that is common to all particles. The PspA‐scaffold may be of fundamental importance, as it could allow PspA to stabilize the integrity of membranes through numerous contact points over a large surface area.

Bibliography

Standar, K., Mehner, D., Osadnik, H., Berthelmann, F., Hause, G., Lünsdorf, H., & Brüser, T. (2008). PspA can form large scaffolds in Escherichia coli. FEBS Letters, 582(25–26), 3585–3589. Portico.

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Created 16 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 13, 2008, 1:19 a.m.)
Deposited 1 year, 10 months ago (Oct. 12, 2023, 8:10 p.m.)
Indexed 2 weeks, 2 days ago (Aug. 5, 2025, 8:45 a.m.)
Issued 16 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 10, 2008)
Published 16 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 10, 2008)
Published Online 16 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 10, 2008)
Published Print 16 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 29, 2008)
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@article{Standar_2008, title={PspA can form large scaffolds in Escherichia coli}, volume={582}, ISSN={1873-3468}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2008.09.002}, DOI={10.1016/j.febslet.2008.09.002}, number={25–26}, journal={FEBS Letters}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Standar, Kerstin and Mehner, Denise and Osadnik, Hendrik and Berthelmann, Felix and Hause, Gerd and Lünsdorf, Heinrich and Brüser, Thomas}, year={2008}, month=oct, pages={3585–3589} }