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Red protein molecule interacting with a blue helical structure and a white polymer chain, showing a luminous binding site.

Study reveals how bacteria assemble their envelope

Author: Deanna Csomo Ferrell

The protein PA2854 (shown in red) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa links the outer-membrane protein OprI (shown in blue) to the cell wall (depicted in white), a process that is necessary for the health of the bacterium. (Graphic provided by the Mobashery Lab) Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and collaborators...