Promiscuous partnering and independent activity of MexB, the multidrug transporter protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 355-364

  Welch, Alexander ^a   Awah, Chidiebere U ^a   Jing, Shiheng ^a   Van Veen, Hendrik W ^a   Venter, Henrietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; MexB; Multidrug resistance; Pathogen; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Resistance nodulation cell division transporter (RND transporter)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATALYSE; DRUG EFFLUX PUMPS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG TRANSPORT; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GRAM-POSITIVE ORGANISMS; MEXB; MULTI-PROTEIN COMPLEX; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG TRANSPORTERS; OUTER MEMBRANE; PERIPLASMIC SPACE; PROTEOLIPOSOMES; PROTON GRADIENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESISTANCE-NODULATION-CELL DIVISIONS; TOXIC COMPOUNDS; TRANSMEMBRANES;

PROTEINS;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXACILLIN; PROTEIN ACRA; PROTEIN MEXB; PROTEIN OPRM; PROTON; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEXA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; MEXB PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; OPRM PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; DENSITY GRADIENT; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOLIPOSOME; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77956700488     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20091860     Document Type: Article

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