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Active transport of an antibiotic rifamycin derivative by the outer-membrane protein FhuA.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 1 Aug 2001
Ferguson A D, Ködding J, Walker G, Bös C, Coulton J W, Diederichs K, Braun V, Welte W
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BACKGROUND: FhuA, an integral membrane protein of Escherichia coli, actively transports ferrichrome and the structurally related antibiotic albomycin across the outer membrane. The transport is coupled to the proton motive force, which energizes FhuA through the inner-membrane protein TonB. FhuA also transports the semisynthetic rifamycin derivative CGP 4832, although the chemical structure of this antibiotic...
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