The prediction and characterization of YshA, an unknown outer-membrane protein from Salmonella typhimurium.

ABSTRACT: We have developed an effective pathway for the prediction and characterization of novel transmembrane β-barrel proteins. The Freeman-Wimley algorithm, which is a highly accurate prediction method based on the physicochemical properties of experimentally characterized transmembrane β barrel (TMBB) structures, was used to predict TMBBs in the genome of Salmonella typhimurium LT2. The previously uncharacterized product of gene yshA was tested as a model for validating the algorithm. YshA is a highly conserved 230-residue protein that is predicted to have 10 transmembrane β-strands and an N-terminal signal sequence. All of the physicochemical and spectroscopic properties exhibited by YshA are consistent with the prediction that it is a TMBB. Specifically, recombinant YshA localizes to the oute

SUBMITTER: Freeman TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2997857 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature