Structural highlights
Function
MEXA_PSEAE The periplasmic linker component of the MexAB-OprM efflux system that confers multidrug resistance. Also functions as the major efflux pump for n-hexane and p-xylene efflux. Over-expression of the pump increases antibiotic and solvent efflux capacities. Required for assembly of the MexA/MexB/OprM complex. Implicated in the secretion of the siderophore pyoverdine.[1] [2] [3] The ability to export antibiotics and solvents is dramatically decreased in the presence of the proton conductor carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP), showing that an energized inner membrane is required for efflux. It is thought that the MexB subunit is a proton antiporter.[4] [5] [6]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, MexAB-OprM plays a central role in multidrug resistance by ejecting various drug compounds, which is one of the causes of serious nosocomial infections. Although the structures of the components of MexAB-OprM have been solved individually by X-ray crystallography, no structural information for fully assembled pumps from P. aeruginosa were previously available. In this study, we present the structure of wild-type MexAB-OprM in the presence or absence of drugs at near-atomic resolution. The structure reveals that OprM does not interact with MexB directly, and that it opens its periplasmic gate by forming a complex. Furthermore, we confirm the residues essential for complex formation and observed a movement of the drug entrance gate. Based on these results, we propose mechanisms for complex formation and drug efflux.
Structures of the wild-type MexAB-OprM tripartite pump reveal its complex formation and drug efflux mechanism.,Tsutsumi K, Yonehara R, Ishizaka-Ikeda E, Miyazaki N, Maeda S, Iwasaki K, Nakagawa A, Yamashita E Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 3;10(1):1520. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09463-9. PMID:30944318[7]
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References
- ↑ Poole K, Krebes K, McNally C, Neshat S. Multiple antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: evidence for involvement of an efflux operon. J Bacteriol. 1993 Nov;175(22):7363-72. PMID:8226684
- ↑ Li XZ, Nikaido H, Poole K. Role of mexA-mexB-oprM in antibiotic efflux in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1995 Sep;39(9):1948-53. PMID:8540696
- ↑ Li XZ, Zhang L, Poole K. Role of the multidrug efflux systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in organic solvent tolerance. J Bacteriol. 1998 Jun;180(11):2987-91. PMID:9603892
- ↑ Poole K, Krebes K, McNally C, Neshat S. Multiple antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: evidence for involvement of an efflux operon. J Bacteriol. 1993 Nov;175(22):7363-72. PMID:8226684
- ↑ Li XZ, Nikaido H, Poole K. Role of mexA-mexB-oprM in antibiotic efflux in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1995 Sep;39(9):1948-53. PMID:8540696
- ↑ Li XZ, Zhang L, Poole K. Role of the multidrug efflux systems of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in organic solvent tolerance. J Bacteriol. 1998 Jun;180(11):2987-91. PMID:9603892
- ↑ Tsutsumi K, Yonehara R, Ishizaka-Ikeda E, Miyazaki N, Maeda S, Iwasaki K, Nakagawa A, Yamashita E. Structures of the wild-type MexAB-OprM tripartite pump reveal its complex formation and drug efflux mechanism. Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 3;10(1):1520. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09463-9. PMID:30944318 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09463-9
