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To determine whether outer membrane vesicle production functions as an independent envelope stress response mechanism in Gram-negative bacteria.

November 14, 2006Molecular MicrobiologyOpen Access

Release of outer membrane vesicles by Gram‐negative bacteria is a novel envelope stress response

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To determine whether outer membrane vesicle production functions as an independent envelope stress response mechanism in Gram-negative bacteria.
Quantified vesicle production in Gram-negative bacteria under envelope stress and impaired protein folding conditions.
Evaluated bacterial survival and vesicle contents across wild-type and mutant strains challenged with environmental stressors or toxic misfolded protein mimics.
Vesicle release correlated directly with protein accumulation in the cell envelope and increased when housekeeping and stress-responsive pathways were impaired.
Mutations conferring hypervesiculation enhanced bacterial survival during envelope stress challenges without compromising overall membrane integrity.
Bacteria selectively sorted and packaged misfolded protein mimics into outer membrane vesicles for extracellular elimination.

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Experimental study demonstrates that outer membrane vesicle production relieves envelope stress in Gram-negative bacteria, indicating a protective mechanism against misfolded proteins.

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McBroom et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7daf061e2ce1627d18405 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05522.x

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Experimental study demonstrates that outer membrane vesicle production relieves envelope stress in Gram-negative bacteria, indicating a protective mechanism against misfolded proteins.

Release of outer membrane vesicles by Gram‐negative bacteria is a novel envelope stress response

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Release of outer membrane vesicles by Gram‐negative bacteria is a novel envelope stress response

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