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Abstract
Bacterial membrane proteins of the SbmA/BacA family are multi-solute transporters that mediate the uptake of structurally diverse hydrophilic molecules, including aminoglycoside antibiotics and antimicrobial peptides. Some family members are full-length ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, whereas other members are truncated homologues that lack the nucleotide-binding domains and thus mediate ATP-independent transport. A recent cryo-EM structure of the ABC transporter Rv1819c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis has shed light on the structural basis for multi-solute transport and has provided insight into the mechanism of transport. Here, we discuss how the protein architecture makes SbmA/BacA family transporters prone to inadvertent import of antibiotics and speculate on the question which physiological processes may benefit from multi-solute transport.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3898-3907 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 594 |
Issue number | 23 |
Early online date | 18-Aug-2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec-2020 |
Keywords
- ABC transporter
- antibiotics uptake
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- non-specific uptake
- transport mechanism
- ESCHERICHIA-COLI SBMA
- GENETIC-ANALYSIS
- ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES
- ABC TRANSPORTER
- BACA PROTEIN
- IDENTIFICATION
- BINDING
- RESISTANCE
- MUTATIONS
- SEQUENCE
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oLife Fellowship Programme
Roos, W. (PI), van der Tak, F. (PI), Zijlstra, W. (PI), Dobos, V. (Postdoc), Heinen, L. (Postdoc), Thangaratnarajah, C. (Postdoc), Hoekzema, M. (Postdoc), Blokhuis, A. (Postdoc), Mascotti, L. (Postdoc), Padin Santos, D. (Postdoc), Chopra, A. (Postdoc), Obermaier, S. (Postdoc), Driver, M. (Postdoc), Moreira Goulart, M. (Postdoc), Sasidharan, S. (Postdoc), Samar Mahapatra, S. (Postdoc), Zylstra, A. (Postdoc), Geiger, Y. (Postdoc), Llopis Lorente, A. (Postdoc), Aschmann, D. (Postdoc) & Kulala Vittala, S. (Postdoc)
01/04/2019 → 31/03/2024
Project: Research