Journal: Nature / Year: 2014 Title: Structure of the AcrAB-TolC multidrug efflux pump. Authors: Dijun Du / Zhao Wang / Nathan R James / Jarrod E Voss / Ewa Klimont / Thelma Ohene-Agyei / Henrietta Venter / Wah Chiu / Ben F Luisi / Abstract: The capacity of numerous bacterial species to tolerate antibiotics and other toxic compounds arises in part from the activity of energy-dependent transporters. In Gram-negative bacteria, many of ...The capacity of numerous bacterial species to tolerate antibiotics and other toxic compounds arises in part from the activity of energy-dependent transporters. In Gram-negative bacteria, many of these transporters form multicomponent 'pumps' that span both inner and outer membranes and are driven energetically by a primary or secondary transporter component. A model system for such a pump is the acridine resistance complex of Escherichia coli. This pump assembly comprises the outer-membrane channel TolC, the secondary transporter AcrB located in the inner membrane, and the periplasmic AcrA, which bridges these two integral membrane proteins. The AcrAB-TolC efflux pump is able to transport vectorially a diverse array of compounds with little chemical similarity, thus conferring resistance to a broad spectrum of antibiotics. Homologous complexes are found in many Gram-negative species, including in animal and plant pathogens. Crystal structures are available for the individual components of the pump and have provided insights into substrate recognition, energy coupling and the transduction of conformational changes associated with the transport process. However, how the subunits are organized in the pump, their stoichiometry and the details of their interactions are not known. Here we present the pseudo-atomic structure of a complete multidrug efflux pump in complex with a modulatory protein partner from E. coli. The model defines the quaternary organization of the pump, identifies key domain interactions, and suggests a cooperative process for channel assembly and opening. These findings illuminate the basis for drug resistance in numerous pathogenic bacterial species.
History
Deposition
Oct 31, 2013
Deposition site: PDBE / Processing site: PDBE
Revision 1.0
Apr 30, 2014
Provider: repository / Type: Initial release
Revision 1.1
May 28, 2014
Group: Database references
Revision 1.2
Sep 23, 2015
Group: Data collection
Revision 1.3
May 8, 2019
Group: Data collection / Experimental preparation / Other Category: exptl_crystal_grow / pdbx_database_proc / pdbx_database_status Item: _exptl_crystal_grow.temp / _pdbx_database_status.recvd_author_approval
Mass: 113665.180 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 Source method: isolated from a genetically manipulated source Source: (gene. exp.) ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. coli) / Description: NOVAGENE / Variant: NOVABLUE ISOLATE / Production host: ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. coli) / Strain (production host): BL21(DE3) / Variant (production host): C43 / References: UniProt: P31224
#2: Protein/peptide
PREDICTEDPROTEIN / ACRZ
Mass: 5304.423 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 Source method: isolated from a genetically manipulated source Source: (gene. exp.) ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. coli) / Strain: W3110 / Production host: ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. coli) / Strain (production host): BL21(DE3) / Variant (production host): C43 / References: UniProt: C4ZXT3
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Experimental details
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Experiment
Experiment
Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION / Number of used crystals: 1
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Sample preparation
Crystal
Density Matthews: 4.51 Å3/Da / Density % sol: 72.8 % / Description: NONE
Crystal grow
Temperature: 293 K / Method: vapor diffusion, hanging drop / pH: 7.4 Details: THE ACRBZ COMPLEX AT 10 MG ML-1 USING SAMPLE BUFFER. 9 MM N-OCTYL-BETA-D-THIOGLUCOPYRANOSIDE (90 MM) WAS MIXED WITH ACRBZ COMPLEX BEFORE THE CRYSTALLISATION TRIALS. THE ACRBZ CRYSTALS WERE ...Details: THE ACRBZ COMPLEX AT 10 MG ML-1 USING SAMPLE BUFFER. 9 MM N-OCTYL-BETA-D-THIOGLUCOPYRANOSIDE (90 MM) WAS MIXED WITH ACRBZ COMPLEX BEFORE THE CRYSTALLISATION TRIALS. THE ACRBZ CRYSTALS WERE GROWN AT 20 C USING THE HANGING-DROPLET VAPOUR DIFFUSION METHOD BY MIXING 4 MICROLITERS OF ACRBZ COMPLEX WITH 2 MICROLITERS OF RESERVOIR SOLUTION (100 MM TRICINE PH: 7.4, 50 MM LITHIUM SULPHATE, 5 MM CADMIUM CHLORIDE HYDRATE, 7 % PEG 3000, 10% GLYCEROL).
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Data collection
Diffraction
ID
Mean temperature (K)
Crystal-ID
1
100
1
2
100
1
Diffraction source
Source
Site
Beamline
ID
Wavelength
SYNCHROTRON
Diamond
I24
1
0.9794
SYNCHROTRON
Diamond
I04-1
2
0.9794
Detector
Type
ID
Detector
Date
DECTRIS PILATUS 2M
1
PIXEL
Jan 10, 2013
DECTRIS PIXEL
2
PIXEL
Jan 10, 2013
Radiation
ID
Protocol
Monochromatic (M) / Laue (L)
Scattering type
Wavelength-ID
1
SINGLEWAVELENGTH
M
x-ray
1
2
SINGLEWAVELENGTH
M
x-ray
1
Radiation wavelength
Wavelength: 0.9794 Å / Relative weight: 1
Reflection
Resolution: 3.69→24.89 Å / Num. obs: 23077 / % possible obs: 94.5 % / Observed criterion σ(I): 2 / Redundancy: 10.6 % / Biso Wilson estimate: 148 Å2 / Rmerge(I) obs: 0.13 / Net I/σ(I): 15.1
Reflection shell
Resolution: 3.69→3.99 Å / Redundancy: 10.6 % / Rmerge(I) obs: 1.17 / Mean I/σ(I) obs: 2.1 / % possible all: 94.8
Resolution: 3.7→24.91 Å / Cor.coef. Fo:Fc: 0.864 / Cor.coef. Fo:Fc free: 0.858 / SU B: 54.668 / SU ML: 0.78 / Cross valid method: THROUGHOUT / ESU R Free: 0.844 / Stereochemistry target values: MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD / Details: HYDROGENS HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE RIDING POSITIONS.
Rfactor
Num. reflection
% reflection
Selection details
Rfree
0.36127
1161
5 %
RANDOM
Rwork
0.33906
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obs
0.34009
21912
94.04 %
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Solvent computation
Ion probe radii: 0.8 Å / Shrinkage radii: 0.8 Å / VDW probe radii: 1.2 Å / Solvent model: MASK