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Publication Abstract from PubMed

MCR-2 confers resistance to colistin, a `last-line' antibiotic against extensively resistant Gram-negative pathogens. It is a plasmid-encoded phosphoethanolamine transferase that is closely related to MCR-1. To understand the diversity in the MCR family, the 1.12 A resolution crystal structure of the catalytic domain of MCR-2 was determined. Variable amino acids are located distant from both the di-zinc active site and the membrane-proximal face. The exceptionally high resolution will provide an accurate starting model for further mechanistic studies.

1.12 A resolution crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance determinant MCR-2.,Coates K, Walsh TR, Spencer J, Hinchliffe P Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2017 Aug 1;73(Pt 8):443-449. doi:, 10.1107/S2053230X17009669. Epub 2017 Jul 26. PMID:28777086^[1]

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