Article
Mechanisms of RND multidrug efflux pumps.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 May 2009
Nikaido Hiroshi, Takatsuka Yumiko
Abstract excerpt
RND (Resistance-Nodulation-Division) family transporters are widespread especially among Gram-negative bacteria, and catalyze the active efflux of many antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents. They have very large periplasmic domains, and form tripartite complexes with outer membrane channels and periplasmic adaptor proteins. AcrAB-TolC complex of Escherichia coli, which pumps out a very wide range of drugs, has...
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