| Structural highlights
Function
[MACA_ECOLI] Part of the tripartite efflux system MacAB-TolC. MacA stimulates the ATPase activity of MacB by promoting the closed ATP-bound state of MacB, increases the capacity of MacB to bind macrolides such as erythromycin, and provides a physical link between MacB and TolC. When overexpressed, the system confers resistance against macrolides composed of 14- and 15-membered lactones but no or weak resistance against 16-membered ones. In addition, MacA binds tightly rough-core lipopolysaccharide (R-LPS), suggesting that the system could also transport R-LPS or a similar glycolipid.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
In Gram-negative bacteria, type I protein secretion systems and tripartite drug efflux pumps have a periplasmic membrane fusion protein (MFP) as an essential component. MFPs bridge the outer membrane factor and an inner membrane transporter, although the oligomeric state of MFPs remains unclear. The most characterized MFP AcrA connects the outer membrane factor TolC and the resistance-nodulation-division-type efflux transporter AcrB, which is a major multidrug efflux pump in Escherichia coli. MacA is the periplasmic MFP in the MacAB-TolC pump, where MacB was characterized as a macrolide-specific ATP-binding-cassette-type efflux transporter. Here, we report the crystal structure of E. coli MacA and the experimentally phased map of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans MacA, which reveal a domain orientation of MacA different from that of AcrA. Notably, a hexameric assembly of MacA was found in both crystals, exhibiting a funnel-like structure with a central channel and a conical mouth. The hexameric MacA assembly was further confirmed by electron microscopy and functional studies in vitro and in vivo. The hexameric structure of MacA provides insight into the oligomeric state in the functional complex of the drug efflux pump and type I secretion system.
Crystal structure of the periplasmic component of a tripartite macrolide-specific efflux pump.,Yum S, Xu Y, Piao S, Sim SH, Kim HM, Jo WS, Kim KJ, Kweon HS, Jeong MH, Jeon H, Lee K, Ha NC J Mol Biol. 2009 Apr 17;387(5):1286-97. Epub 2009 Feb 28. PMID:19254725[6]
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References
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- ↑ Tikhonova EB, Devroy VK, Lau SY, Zgurskaya HI. Reconstitution of the Escherichia coli macrolide transporter: the periplasmic membrane fusion protein MacA stimulates the ATPase activity of MacB. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Feb;63(3):895-910. Epub 2007 Jan 4. PMID:17214741 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05549.x
- ↑ Lin HT, Bavro VN, Barrera NP, Frankish HM, Velamakanni S, van Veen HW, Robinson CV, Borges-Walmsley MI, Walmsley AR. MacB ABC transporter is a dimer whose ATPase activity and macrolide-binding capacity are regulated by the membrane fusion protein MacA. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 9;284(2):1145-54. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M806964200. Epub 2008, Oct 27. PMID:18955484 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M806964200
- ↑ Modali SD, Zgurskaya HI. The periplasmic membrane proximal domain of MacA acts as a switch in stimulation of ATP hydrolysis by MacB transporter. Mol Microbiol. 2011 Aug;81(4):937-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07744.x. Epub, 2011 Jul 4. PMID:21696464 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07744.x
- ↑ Lu S, Zgurskaya HI. MacA, a periplasmic membrane fusion protein of the macrolide transporter MacAB-TolC, binds lipopolysaccharide core specifically and with high affinity. J Bacteriol. 2013 Nov;195(21):4865-72. doi: 10.1128/JB.00756-13. Epub 2013 Aug, 23. PMID:23974027 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.00756-13
- ↑ Yum S, Xu Y, Piao S, Sim SH, Kim HM, Jo WS, Kim KJ, Kweon HS, Jeong MH, Jeon H, Lee K, Ha NC. Crystal structure of the periplasmic component of a tripartite macrolide-specific efflux pump. J Mol Biol. 2009 Apr 17;387(5):1286-97. Epub 2009 Feb 28. PMID:19254725 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.048
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