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Crystal Structure of the Open State of TolC Outer Membrane Component of Mutlidrug Efflux Pumps
Structural highlights
FunctionTOLC_ECOLI Outer membrane channel, which is required for the function of several efflux systems such as AcrAB-TolC, AcrEF-TolC, EmrAB-TolC and MacAB-TolC. These systems are involved in export of antibiotics and other toxic compounds from the cell. TolC is also involved in import of colicin E1 into the cells.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedDrugs and certain proteins are transported across the membranes of Gram-negative bacteria by energy-activated pumps. The outer membrane component of these pumps is a channel that opens from a sealed resting state during the transport process. We describe two crystal structures of the Escherichia coli outer membrane protein TolC in its partially open state. Opening is accompanied by the exposure of three shallow intraprotomer grooves in the TolC trimer, where our mutagenesis data identify a contact point with the periplasmic component of a drug efflux pump, AcrA. We suggest that the assembly of multidrug efflux pumps is accompanied by induced fit of TolC driven mainly by accommodation of the periplasmic component. Assembly and channel opening in a bacterial drug efflux machine.,Bavro VN, Pietras Z, Furnham N, Perez-Cano L, Fernandez-Recio J, Pei XY, Misra R, Luisi B Mol Cell. 2008 Apr 11;30(1):114-21. PMID:18406332[6] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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