Disorder is a critical component of lipoprotein sorting in Gram-negative bacteria
July 29th, 2021 by Jessica El Rayes
Nature Chemical Biology, Published online: 29 July 2021; doi:10.1038/s41589-021-00845-z
Approximately half of lipoproteins destined to the Escherichia coli outer membrane display intrinsically disordered linker peptides at their N termini, which are required for optimal trafficking by the Lol lipoprotein sorting system.