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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2017

The multidrug-resistance transporter MdfA from Escherichia coli: crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis.

Kumar Nagarathinam, Frank Jaenecke, Yoshiko Nakada-Nakura, Yunhon Hotta, Kehong Liu, So Iwata, Milton T Stubbs, Norimichi Nomura, Mikio Tanabe

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Kumar NagarathinamZIK HALOmem, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Strasse 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Frank JaeneckeZIK HALOmem, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Strasse 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Yoshiko Nakada-NakuraDepartment of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Yunhon HottaDepartment of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Kehong LiuDepartment of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
So IwataDepartment of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Milton T StubbsZIK HALOmem, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Strasse 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.
Norimichi NomuraDepartment of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
Mikio TanabeZIK HALOmem, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes Strasse 3, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) FKZ 03Z2HN21European Regional Development Fund 1241090001Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 22570114Seventh Framework Programme 5450Seventh Framework Programme 8015
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Abstract

The active efflux of antibiotics by multidrug-resistance (MDR) transporters is a major pathway of drug resistance and complicates the clinical treatment of bacterial infections. MdfA is a member of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) from Escherichia coli and provides resistance to a wide variety of dissimilar toxic compounds, including neutral, cationic and zwitterionic substances. The 12-transmembrane-helix MdfA was expressed as a GFP-octahistidine fusion protein with a TEV protease cleavage site. Following tag removal, MdfA was purified using two chromatographic steps, complexed with a Fab fragment and further purified using size-exclusion chromatography. MdfA and MdfA-Fab complexes were subjected to both vapour-diffusion and lipidic cubic phase (LCP) crystallization techniques. Vapour-diffusion-grown crystals were of type II, with poor diffraction behaviour and weak crystal contacts. LCP lipid screening resulted in type I crystals that diffracted to 3.4 Å resolution and belonged to the hexagonal space group P6

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Amino Acid MotifsBinding SitesChromatography, GelCloning, MolecularCrystallography, X-RayDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEndopeptidasesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsMembrane Transport ProteinsModels, MolecularEndopeptidasesEscherichia coli ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmunoglobulin Fab FragmentsMdfa protein, E coliMembrane Transport ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTEV proteaseantibody fragmentcrystallizationlipidic cubic phasemembrane proteinMFS transportermultidrug resistance

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PMID28695852
PMCPMC5505248

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