Figure 1

OmpA-177-(SA-1)-mCherry is properly inserted in the OM. A) Cells grown to exponential phase in DRu medium with 0.1 mM IPTG were labeled with fluorescent streptavidin. Scale bar is 1 × 2 μm. B) mCherry-EFSR is not heat-modifiable. Sonicated cell lysate of LMC500 expressing mCherry-EFSR was resuspended in sample buffer and either; not heated (RT), heated at 37°C for 5 min, heated at 50°C for 15 min, or heated at 99°C for 10 min. Shown is an immunoblot probed with anti-DsRed antibody. The faint band present in each lane is aspecific. The unfolded (denatured) mCherry-EFSR band is indicated. Percentage of unfolded mCherry-EFSR are indicated, assuming that after heating at 99°C all protein is unfolded. C) Heat-modifiability of OmpA-177-SA-1-mCherry. Cells from the same culture used for labeling in A) were sonicated and resuspended in sample buffer. Heat treatment as in B), heating at 60°C and 70°C was for 15 min. The folded and unfolded forms of both the intact fusion and the degradation product are indicated by a preceding f- or u-, respectively.