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The structural basis of promiscuity in small multidrug resistance transporters

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  • Ali A. Kermani

    (University of Michigan)

  • Christian B. Macdonald

    (University of Michigan)

  • Olive E. Burata

    (University of Michigan)

  • B. Koff

    (University of Michigan)

  • Akiko Koide

    (New York University Langone Medical Center
    New York University School of Medicine)

  • Eric Denbaum

    (New York University Langone Medical Center
    New York University School of Medicine)

  • Shohei Koide

    (New York University Langone Medical Center)

  • Randy B. Stockbridge

    (University of Michigan
    University of Michigan)

Abstract

By providing broad resistance to environmental biocides, transporters from the small multidrug resistance (SMR) family drive the spread of multidrug resistance cassettes among bacterial populations. A fundamental understanding of substrate selectivity by SMR transporters is needed to identify the types of selective pressures that contribute to this process. Using solid-supported membrane electrophysiology, we find that promiscuous transport of hydrophobic substituted cations is a general feature of SMR transporters. To understand the molecular basis for promiscuity, we solved X-ray crystal structures of a SMR transporter Gdx-Clo in complex with substrates to a maximum resolution of 2.3 Å. These structures confirm the family’s extremely rare dual topology architecture and reveal a cleft between two helices that provides accommodation in the membrane for the hydrophobic substituents of transported drug-like cations.

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  • Ali A. Kermani & Christian B. Macdonald & Olive E. Burata & B. Koff & Akiko Koide & Eric Denbaum & Shohei Koide & Randy B. Stockbridge, 2020. "The structural basis of promiscuity in small multidrug resistance transporters," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-19820-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19820-8
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    1. Alexander A. Shcherbakov & Peyton J. Spreacker & Aurelio J. Dregni & Katherine A. Henzler-Wildman & Mei Hong, 2022. "High-pH structure of EmrE reveals the mechanism of proton-coupled substrate transport," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.

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