Functional analyses reveal an important role for tyrosine residues in the staphylococcal multidrug efflux protein QacA

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wu, Jingqin ^a   Hassan, Karl A ^a,c   Skurray, Ronald A ^a   Brown, Melissa H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZALKONIUM; CHLORHEXIDINE; DEQUALINIUM; DIAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; ETHIDIUM; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN QAC A; PYRONINE; SERINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; QACA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHIDIUM; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TYROSINE;

EID: 53149091283     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-147     Document Type: Article

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