PMID: 11321568Apr 26, 2001Paper

Precious things come in little packages

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology
Shimon SchuldinerH Yerushalmi

Abstract

The 110-amino acid multidrug transporter from E. coli, EmrE, is a member of the family of MiniTexan or Smr drug transporters. EmrE can transport acriflavine, ethidium bromide, tetraphenylphosphonium (TPP+), benzalkonium and several other drugs with relatively high affinities. EmrE is an H+/drug antiporter, utilizing the proton electrochemical gradient generated across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane by exchanging two protons with one substrate molecule. The EmrE multidrug transporter is unique in its small size and hydrophobic nature. Hydropathic analysis of the EmrE sequence predicts four alpha-helical transmembrane segments. This model is experimentally supported by FTIR studies that confirm the high alpha-helicity of the protein and by high-resolution heteronuclear NMR analysis of the protein structure. The TMS of EmrE are tightly packed in the membrane without any continuous aqueous domain, as was shown by Cysteine scanning experiments. These results suggest the existence of a hydrophobic pathway through which the substrates are translocated. EmrE is functional as a homo-oligomer as suggested by several lines of evidence, including co-reconstitution experiments of wild-type protein with inactive mutants in which negative...Continue Reading

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