Anti-parallel membrane topology of two components of EbrAB, a multidrug transporter
| Autor: | Seiji Miyauchi, Toshifumi Nara, Tsunehisa Araiso, Naoki Kamo, Takashi Kikukawa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Ethidium efflux
Cell Membrane Permeability Mutant Biophysics Bacillus subtilis Biology Biochemistry Binding Competitive Antiporters Cell membrane Drug Resistance Multiple Bacterial Fluorescein-5-maleimide (NEM-fluorescein) medicine Escherichia coli EmrE Molecular Biology Efflux transporter Dual topology configuration Cell Membrane Transporter Small multidrug resistance (SMR) Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Transmembrane protein Membrane medicine.anatomical_structure Membrane topology Efflux |
| Zdroj: | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 358(4):1071-1075 |
| ISSN: | 0006-291X |
| Popis: | EbrAB is a multidrug-resistance transporter in Bacillus subtilis that belongs to the small multidrug resistance, and requires two polypeptides of both EbrA and EbrB, implying that it functions in the hetero-dimeric state. In this study, we investigated the transmembrane topologies of EbrA and EbrB. Various single-cysteine mutants were expressed in Escherichia coli cells, and the efflux activity was measured. Only mutants having a high activity were used for the topology experiments. The reactivity of a membrane impermeable NEM-fluorescein against the single cysteine of these fully functional mutants was examined when this reactive fluorophore was applied either from the outside or both sides of the cell membrane or in the denatured state. The results clearly showed that EbrA and EbrB have the opposite orientation within the membrane or an anti-parallel configuration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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