An allosteric transport mechanism for the AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump

Autor: Zhao Wang, Guizhen Fan, Corey F Hryc, James N Blaza, Irina I Serysheva, Michael F Schmid, Wah Chiu, Ben F Luisi, Dijun Du
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: eLife, Vol 6 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.24905
Popis: Bacterial efflux pumps confer multidrug resistance by transporting diverse antibiotics from the cell. In Gram-negative bacteria, some of these pumps form multi-protein assemblies that span the cell envelope. Here, we report the near-atomic resolution cryoEM structures of the Escherichia coli AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump in resting and drug transport states, revealing a quaternary structural switch that allosterically couples and synchronizes initial ligand binding with channel opening. Within the transport-activated state, the channel remains open even though the pump cycles through three distinct conformations. Collectively, our data provide a dynamic mechanism for the assembly and operation of the AcrAB-TolC pump.
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