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MICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE
卷 26, 期 6, 页码 550-560出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2019.0165
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efflux pump; OqxB; proton translocation pathway; resistance-nodulation-division transporters; substrate-binding domains
Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps are important determinants of multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. As one of the typical members of the RND superfamily,Escherichia coliOqxAB multidrug efflux pump confers resistance to antimicrobial agents, such as olaquindox and fluoroquinolone. In the present study, site-directed mutagenesis and antimicrobial susceptibility measurement assay were applied to identify the crucial residues within OqxB, the transporter component of the OqxAB efflux pump system. It was found that alanine substitution of proton translocation pathway residues D410, D411, and R976 resulted in a complete loss of the transport function. Further studies revealed that the charge property of these residues is important for proper function of OqxB. Alanine replacement of residues involved in substrate-binding domains, including V141, F180, Y330, and F626, exhibited different responses toward different antimicrobial agents. Conservative replacement of Y330, F626, and F180 with amino acids having similar aromatic ring structure resulted in full or partial recovery of the efflux function. Molecular docking analysis demonstrated that olaquindox may form hydrogen bonds with F626, Y330, and V141, whereas only Y330 and F180 may interact with ciprofloxacin, implicating the different roles played by these residues when transporting different kinds of substrates.
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