outer membrane protein A(English)

• a highly abundant, conserved, 8-stranded -barrel protein in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. It acts as a structural anchor connecting the membrane to the peptidoglycan layer, plays a key role in bacterial adhesion, invasion, biofilm formation, and acts as a receptor for bacteriocins/phages. Also denoted as OmpA
• MOMP, PCR, TLR
• Membranes, Microbiology, Bacteriology
• https://doi.org/10.5578/mb.67985
• https://doi.org…mic.2012.08.019