Cryo-EM Structures of AcrD Illuminate a Mechanism for Capturing Aminoglycosides from Its Central Cavity

ABSTRACT The Escherichia coli acriflavine resistance protein D (AcrD) is an efflux pump that belongs to the resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND) superfamily. Its primary function is to provide resistance to aminoglycoside-based drugs by actively extruding these noxious compounds out of E. coli...

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Main Authors: Zhemin Zhang, Christopher E. Morgan, Meng Cui, Edward W. Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-02-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03383-22