Structures of the wild-type MexAB–OprM tripartite pump reveal its complex formation and drug efflux mechanism

In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, MexAB–OprM plays a central role in multidrug resistance by ejecting various drug compounds. Here the authors present the structure of wild-type MexAB–OprM in the presence or absence of drugs and propose mechanisms for complex formation and drug efflux.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kenta Tsutsumi, Ryo Yonehara, Etsuko Ishizaka-Ikeda, Naoyuki Miyazaki, Shintaro Maeda, Kenji Iwasaki, Atsushi Nakagawa, Eiki Yamashita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09463-9