Structural and functional aspects of the multidrug efflux pump AcrB

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 390, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 693-699

  Eicher, Thomas ^a   Brandstätter, Lorenz ^a   Pos, Klaas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AcrB; Alternate access transport mechanism; Antibiotic resistance; Binding change mechanism; Drug transport; Membrane protein structure; Multiple drug efflux pump

Indexed keywords

ACRB PROTEIN; DOXORUBICIN; MINOCYCLINE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349452052     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2009.090     Document Type: Review

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