Functional analyses reveal an important role for tyrosine residues in the staphylococcal multidrug efflux protein QacA

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The staphylococcal QacA multidrug efflux protein confers resistance to an exceptional number of structurally unrelated antimicrobial compounds. Aromatic amino acid residues have been shown to be highly important for the transport fun...

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Main Authors: Wu Jingqin, Hassan Karl A, Skurray Ronald A, Brown Melissa H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/147