3D structure of AcrB: The archetypal multidrug efflux transporter of Escherichia coli likely captures substrates from periplasm

Drug Resistance Updates

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-13

  Elkins, Christopher A ^a   Nikaido, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AcrB; Multidrug efflux; RND family transporter; Substrate binding sites

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACRB; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037303355     PISSN: 13687646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-7646(03)00004-9     Document Type: Review

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