Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Multiple entry pathways within the efflux transporter AcrB contribute to multidrug recognition

  • Martijn Zwama,
  • Seiji Yamasaki,
  • Ryosuke Nakashima,
  • Keisuke Sakurai,
  • Kunihiko Nishino,
  • Akihito Yamaguchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02493-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Multidrug transporters possess several drug binding sites. Here the authors describe a transport path specific for planar aromatic cations in the E. coli multi-drug transporter AcrB.