Structural highlights
Function
[ACRB_ECOLI] AcrAB is a drug efflux protein with a broad substrate specificity.[1] [2] [3]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Bacterial drug resistance is a serious concern for human health. Multidrug efflux pumps export a broad variety of substrates out of the cell and thereby convey resistance to the host. In Escherichia coli, the AcrB:AcrA:TolC efflux complex forms a principal transporter for which structures of the individual component proteins have been determined in isolation. Here, we present the X-ray structure of AcrB in complex with a single transmembrane protein, assigned by mass spectrometry as YajC. A specific rotation of the periplasmic porter domain of AcrB is also revealed, consistent with the hypothesized "twist-to-open" mechanism for TolC activation. Growth experiments with yajc-deleted E. coli reveal a modest increase in the organism's susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics, but this effect could not conclusively be attributed to the loss of interactions between YajC and AcrB.
Crystal structure of AcrB in complex with a single transmembrane subunit reveals another twist.,Tornroth-Horsefield S, Gourdon P, Horsefield R, Brive L, Yamamoto N, Mori H, Snijder A, Neutze R Structure. 2007 Dec;15(12):1663-73. PMID:18073115[4]
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References
- ↑ Murakami S, Nakashima R, Yamashita E, Matsumoto T, Yamaguchi A. Crystal structures of a multidrug transporter reveal a functionally rotating mechanism. Nature. 2006 Sep 14;443(7108):173-9. Epub 2006 Aug 16. PMID:16915237 doi:10.1038/nature05076
- ↑ Seeger MA, Schiefner A, Eicher T, Verrey F, Diederichs K, Pos KM. Structural asymmetry of AcrB trimer suggests a peristaltic pump mechanism. Science. 2006 Sep 1;313(5791):1295-8. PMID:16946072 doi:313/5791/1295
- ↑ Sennhauser G, Amstutz P, Briand C, Storchenegger O, Grutter MG. Drug export pathway of multidrug exporter AcrB revealed by DARPin inhibitors. PLoS Biol. 2007 Jan;5(1):e7. PMID:17194213 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050007
- ↑ Tornroth-Horsefield S, Gourdon P, Horsefield R, Brive L, Yamamoto N, Mori H, Snijder A, Neutze R. Crystal structure of AcrB in complex with a single transmembrane subunit reveals another twist. Structure. 2007 Dec;15(12):1663-73. PMID:18073115 doi:10.1016/j.str.2007.09.023
