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ReviewMicroorganisms2020

Functional and Structural Roles of the Major Facilitator Superfamily Bacterial Multidrug Efflux Pumps.

Sanath Kumar, Manjusha Lekshmi, Ammini Parvathi, Manisha Ojha, Nicholas Wenzel, Manuel F Varela

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Review in Microorganisms, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sanath KumarPost-Harvest Technology, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Seven Bungalows, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400016, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0223-9069
Manjusha LekshmiPost-Harvest Technology, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Seven Bungalows, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400016, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8600-0025
Ammini ParvathiCSIR-National Institute Oceanography, Regional Centre, Kochi 682018, India.ORCID 0000-0001-6916-2671
Manisha OjhaEastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, NM 88130, USA.
Nicholas WenzelEastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, NM 88130, USA.
Manuel F VarelaEastern New Mexico University, Department of Biology, Portales, NM 88130, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8667-7853
Eastern New Mexico University · USCentral Institute of Fisheries Education · INNational Institute of Oceanography · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic microorganisms that are multidrug-resistant can pose severe clinical and public health concerns. In particular, bacterial multidrug efflux transporters of the major facilitator superfamily constitute a notable group of drug resistance mechanisms primarily because multidrug-resistant pathogens can become refractory to antimicrobial agents, thus resulting in potentially untreatable bacterial infections. The major facilitator superfamily is composed of thousands of solute transporters that are related in terms of their phylogenetic relationships, primary amino acid sequences, two- and three-dimensional structures, modes of energization (passive and secondary active), and in their mechanisms of solute and ion translocation across the membrane. The major facilitator superfamily is also composed of numerous families and sub-families of homologous transporters that are conserved across all living taxa, from bacteria to humans. Members of this superfamily share several classes of highly conserved amino acid sequence motifs that play essential mechanistic roles during transport. The structural and functional importance of multidrug efflux pumps that belong to the major facilitator family and that are harbored by Gram-negative and -positive bacterial pathogens are considered here.

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antimicrobial agentsbacteriainfectionmajor facilitator superfamilymultidrug resistancepathogenssequence motifstransporters

Identifiers

PMID32079127
PMCPMC7074785
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