TonB or not TonB: is that the question?This paper is one of a selection of papers published in a Special Issue entitled CSBMCB 53rd Annual Meeting — Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

The lactoferrin receptor complex in gram negative bacteria

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A distinct mechanism for the ABC transporter BtuCD–BtuF revealed by the dynamics of complex formation

(2010) Oded Lewinson et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The proline-rich domain of TonB possesses an extended polyproline II-like conformation of sufficient length to span the periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria

(2010) Silvia Domingo Köhler et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Architecture of peptidoglycan: more data and more models

(2010) Waldemar Vollmer et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Bacterial Cell Envelope

(2010) T. J. Silhavy et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

TonB Interacts with BtuF, theEscherichia coliPeriplasmic Binding Protein for Cyanocobalamin

(2009) Karron J. James et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

TonB-dependent transporters and their occurrence in cyanobacteria

(2009) Oliver Mirus et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Role of TonB1 in Pyoverdine-Mediated Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2009) M. Shirley et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The peptidoglycan-binding (PGB) Domain of the Escherichia coli Pal Protein can also Function as the PGB Domain in E. coli Flagellar Motor Protein MotB

(2009) Y. Hizukuri et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

The crystal structure of the TolB box of colicin A in complex with TolB reveals important differences in the recruitment of the common TolB translocation portal used by group A colicins

(2009) Ying Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The colicin Ia receptor, Cir, is also the translocator for colicin Ia

(2009) Karen S. Jakes et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of the heme/hemoglobin outer membrane receptor ShuA fromShigella dysenteriae: Heme binding by an induced fit mechanism

(2009) David Cobessi et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Molecular characterization of the TonB2 protein from the fish pathogenVibrio anguillarum

(2008) Claudia S. López et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Crystal Structure of Colicin M, a Novel Phosphatase Specifically Imported byEscherichia coli>

(2008) Kornelius Zeth et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Periplasmic chaperone FkpA is essential for imported colicin M toxicity

(2008) Julia Hullmann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Crystal structure of the cell wall anchor domain of MotB, a stator component of the bacterial flagellar motor: Implications for peptidoglycan recognition

(2008) A. Roujeinikova   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular organization of Gram-negative peptidoglycan

(2008) L. Gan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The TolQ-TolR proteins energize TolA and share homologies with the flagellar motor proteins 
MotA-MotB

(2003) Eric Cascales et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY