Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by both motor and non-motor symptoms, including olfactory dysfunction, which often precedes motor symptoms by several years. However, the underlying mechanisms linking olfactory dysfunction in PD to bio...
Members of the Omp85 superfamily of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) found in Gram-negative bacteria, mitochondria and chloroplasts are characterized by a distinctive 16-stranded β-barrel transmembrane domain and at least one periplasmic POTRA domain. All previously studied Omp85 proteins promote c...