Lipopolysaccharide transport in bacterial cell membrane, illustration
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8000 x 6000 px | 67.7 x 50.8 cm | 26.7 x 20 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
18 January 2024Photographer:
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Illustration of an intermembrane transporter (blue) of the Gram-negative bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi transporting a lipopolysaccharide (LPS, orange) through the inner membrane (orange and purple). This process consumes ATP (adenosine triphosphate, red). It is necessary for gram negative bacteria to assemble a bacterial cell wall. As this cell wall protects bacteria from many types of antibiotic, the transport of LPS is the focus of research to develop new antibiotics, such as zosurabalpin.