[HTML][HTML] Multidrug efflux pumps: structure, function and regulation

D Du, X Wang-Kan, A Neuberger… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Infections arising from multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria are spreading rapidly
throughout the world and threaten to become untreatable. The origins of resistance are …

Structure, assembly, and function of tripartite efflux and type 1 secretion systems in gram-negative bacteria

I Alav, J Kobylka, MS Kuth, KM Pos, M Picard… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Tripartite efflux pumps and the related type 1 secretion systems (T1SSs) in Gram-negative
organisms are diverse in function, energization, and structural organization. They form …

Physiological functions of bacterial “multidrug” efflux pumps

PJF Henderson, C Maher, LDH Elbourne… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps have come to prominence in human and veterinary
pathogenesis because they help bacteria protect themselves against the antimicrobials …

AcrB: a mean, keen, drug efflux machine

J Kobylka, MS Kuth, RT Müller… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gram‐negative bacteria are intrinsically resistant against cytotoxic substances by means of
their outer membrane and a network of multidrug efflux systems, acting in synergy. Efflux …

Efflux pump mediated antimicrobial resistance by staphylococci in health-related environments: challenges and the quest for inhibition

A Dashtbani-Roozbehani, MH Brown - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increasing emergence of antimicrobial resistance in staphylococcal bacteria is a major
health threat worldwide due to significant morbidity and mortality resulting from their …

Pyridylpiperazine-based allosteric inhibitors of RND-type multidrug efflux pumps

C Plé, HK Tam, A Vieira Da Cruz, N Compagne… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Efflux transporters of the RND family confer resistance to multiple antibiotics in Gram-
negative bacteria. Here, we identify and chemically optimize pyridylpiperazine-based …

Update on multidrug resistance efflux pumps in Acinetobacter spp

V Kornelsen, A Kumar - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter spp. have become of increased clinical importance as studies have shown the
antimicrobial resistant potential of these species. Efflux pumps can lead to reduced …

Ever-adapting RND efflux pumps in gram-negative multidrug-resistant pathogens: a race against time

M Zwama, K Nishino - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rise in multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the greatest threats to human health
worldwide. MDR in bacterial pathogens is a major challenge in healthcare, as bacterial …

Structural and functional diversity of resistance–nodulation–cell division transporters

PA Klenotic, MA Moseng, CE Morgan, EW Yu - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria are a global threat with many common infections
becoming increasingly difficult to eliminate. While significant effort has gone into the …

[HTML][HTML] A genetic platform to investigate the functions of bacterial drug efflux pumps

T Teelucksingh, LK Thompson, S Zhu… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
Efflux pumps are a serious challenge for the development of antibacterial agents.
Overcoming efflux requires an in-depth understanding of efflux pump functions, specificities …