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Functional relationships between the AcrA hairpin tip region and the TolC aperture tip region for the formation of the bacterial tripartite efflux pump AcrAB-TolC.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2010
Kim Hong-Man, Xu Yongbin, Lee Minho, Piao Shunfu, Sim Se-Hoon, Ha Nam-Chul, Lee Kangseok
Abstract excerpt
Tripartite efflux pumps found in Gram-negative bacteria are involved in antibiotic resistance and toxic-protein secretion. In this study, we show, using site-directed mutational analyses, that the conserved residues located in the tip region of the alpha-hairpin of the membrane fusion protein (MFP) AcrA play an essential role in the action of the tripartite efflux pump AcrAB-TolC. In addition, we provide in vivo...
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