Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

The structural basis of promiscuity in small multidrug resistance transporters

  • Ali A. Kermani,
  • Christian B. Macdonald,
  • Olive E. Burata,
  • B. Ben Koff,
  • Akiko Koide,
  • Eric Denbaum,
  • Shohei Koide,
  • Randy B. Stockbridge

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19820-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Gdx-Clo is a bacterial transporter from the small multidrug resistance (SMR) family. Here, the authors use solid supported membrane electrophysiology to characterize Gdx-Clo functionally and report crystal structures of Gdx-Clo which confirm the dual topology architecture and offer insight into substrate binding and transport mechanism.