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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 116, 期 2, 页码 258-269出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.12.002
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- Innovative Medicines Joint Undertaking from the European Union's seventh framework program (FP7/2007-2013) [115525]
- European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations companies
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [KL1299/9-2]
Fosfomycin is a frequently prescribed drug in the treatment of acute urinary tract infections. It enters the bacterial cytoplasm and inhibits the biosynthesis of peptldoglycans by targeting the MurA enzyme. Despite extensive pharmacological studies and clinical use, the permeability of fosfomycin across the bacterial outer membrane is largely unexplored. Here, we investigate the fosfomycin permeability across the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria by electrophysiology experiments as well as by all-atom molecular dynamics simulations including free-energy and applied-field techniques. Notably, in an electrophysiological zero-current assay as well as in the molecular simulations, we found that fosfomycin can rapidly permeate the abundant Escherichia coli porin OmpF. Furthermore, two triple mutants in the constriction region of the porin have been investigated. The permeation rates through these mutants are slightly lower than that of the wild type but fosfomycin can still permeate. Altogether, this work unravels molecular details of fosfomycin permeation through the outer membrane porin OmpF of E. coli and moreover provides hints for understanding the translocation of phosphonic acid antibiotics through other outer membrane pores.
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