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
AcrB is a principal multidrug efflux transporter in Escherichia coli that cooperates with an outer-membrane channel, TolC, and a membrane-fusion protein, AcrA. Here we describe crystal structures of AcrB with and without substrates. The AcrB-drug complex consists of three protomers, each of which has a different conformation corresponding to one of the three functional states of the transport cycle. Bound substrate was found in the periplasmic domain of one of the three protomers. The voluminous binding pocket is aromatic and allows multi-site binding. The structures indicate that drugs are exported by a three-step functionally rotating mechanism in which substrates undergo ordered binding change.
Crystal structures of a multidrug transporter reveal a functionally rotating mechanism.,Murakami S, Nakashima R, Yamashita E, Matsumoto T, Yamaguchi A Nature. 2006 Sep 14;443(7108):173-9. Epub 2006 Aug 16. PMID:16915237[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
- ↑ 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
