Crystal Structure of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae MtrD Inner Membrane Multidrug Efflux Pump

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2014-01-01
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Reddy Bolla, Jani
Su, Chih-Chia
Do, Sylvia
Radhakrishnan, Pattathil
Kumar, Nitin
Long, Feng
Chou, Tsung-Han
Delmar, Jared
Lei, Hsiang-Ting
Rajashankar, Kanagalaghatta
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an obligate human pathogen and the causative agent of the sexually-transmitted disease gonorrhea. The control of this disease has been compromised by the increasing proportion of infections due to antibiotic-resistant strains, which are growing at an alarming rate. The MtrCDE tripartite multidrug efflux pump, belonging to the hydrophobic and amphiphilic efflux resistance-nodulation-cell division (HAE-RND) family, spans both the inner and outer membranes of N. gonorrhoeae and confers resistance to a variety of antibiotics and toxic compounds. We here report the crystal structure of the inner membrane MtrD multidrug efflux pump, which reveals a novel structural feature that is not found in other RND efflux pumps.

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This article is from PLoS One 9 (2014): 1, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097903. Posted with permission.

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