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Structure and Function of Neisseria gonorrhoeae MtrF Illuminates a Class of Antimetabolite Efflux Pumps
Cell Reports
  • Chih-Chia Su, Iowa State University
  • Jani Reddy Bolla, Iowa State University
  • Nitin Kumar, Iowa State University
  • Pattathil Radhakrishnan, Iowa State University
  • Feng Long, Iowa State University
  • Jared A. Delmar, Iowa State University
  • Tsung-Han Chou, Iowa State University
  • Kanagalaghatta R. Rajashankar, Argonne National Laboratory
  • William M. Shafer, Emory University
  • Edward Yu, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2015
DOI
10.1016/j.celrep.2015.03.003
Abstract
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. N. gonorrhoeae MtrF is an integral membrane protein that belongs to the AbgT family of transporters for which no structural information is available. Here, we describe the crystal structure of MtrF, revealing a dimeric molecule with architecture distinct from all other families of transporters. MtrF is a bowl-shaped dimer with a solvent-filled basin extending from the cytoplasm to halfway across the membrane bilayer. Each subunit of the transporter contains nine transmembrane helices and two hairpins, posing a plausible pathway for substrate transport. A combination of the crystal structure and biochemical functional assays suggests that MtrF is an antibiotic efflux pump mediating bacterial resistance to sulfonamide antimetabolite drugs.
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This article is from Cell Reports 11 (2015): 61, doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2015.03.003. Posted with permission.

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Su et al.
Language
en
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Citation Information
Chih-Chia Su, Jani Reddy Bolla, Nitin Kumar, Pattathil Radhakrishnan, et al.. "Structure and Function of Neisseria gonorrhoeae MtrF Illuminates a Class of Antimetabolite Efflux Pumps" Cell Reports Vol. 11 Iss. 1 (2015) p. 61 - 70
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