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Function
TOLC_ECOLI Outer membrane channel, which is required for the function of several efflux systems such as AcrAB-TolC, AcrEF-TolC, EmrAB-TolC and MacAB-TolC. These systems are involved in export of antibiotics and other toxic compounds from the cell. TolC is also involved in import of colicin E1 into the cells.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Bacterial efflux pumps confer multidrug resistance by transporting diverse antibiotics from the cell. In Gram-negative bacteria, some of these pumps form multi-protein assemblies that span the cell envelope. Here we report the near-atomic resolution cryoEM structures of the Escherichia coli AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump in resting and drug transport states, revealing a quaternary structural switch that allosterically couples and synchronizes initial ligand binding with channel opening. Within the transport-activated state, the channel remains open even though the pump cycles through three distinct conformations. Collectively, our data provide a dynamic mechanism for the assembly and operation of the AcrAB-TolC pump.
An allosteric transport mechanism for the AcrAB-TolC Multidrug Efflux Pump.,Wang Z, Fan G, Hryc CF, Blaza JN, Serysheva II, Schmid MF, Chiu W, Luisi BF, Du D Elife. 2017 Mar 29;6. pii: e24905. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24905. PMID:28355133[6]
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References
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- ↑ Kobayashi K, Tsukagoshi N, Aono R. Suppression of hypersensitivity of Escherichia coli acrB mutant to organic solvents by integrational activation of the acrEF operon with the IS1 or IS2 element. J Bacteriol. 2001 Apr;183(8):2646-53. PMID:11274125 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.183.8.2646-2653.2001
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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Zakharov SD, Sharma O, Zhalnina M, Yamashita E, Cramer WA. Pathways of colicin import: utilization of BtuB, OmpF porin and the TolC drug-export protein. Biochem Soc Trans. 2012 Dec 1;40(6):1463-8. doi: 10.1042/BST20120211. PMID:23176499 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BST20120211
- ↑ Wang Z, Fan G, Hryc CF, Blaza JN, Serysheva II, Schmid MF, Chiu W, Luisi BF, Du D. An allosteric transport mechanism for the AcrAB-TolC Multidrug Efflux Pump. Elife. 2017 Mar 29;6. pii: e24905. doi: 10.7554/eLife.24905. PMID:28355133 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.24905
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