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Abstract

Summary: Low-level resistance of to toxic hydrophobic agents (HAs), including some antibiotics, is chromosomally mediated via the multiple transferable resistance () efflux system. The gene encoding the 48.3 kDa outer-membrane protein MtrE, which is associated with the mtr phenotype, was identified and is homologous to export-associated outer-membrane proteins, including the OprM (formerly OprK) lipoprotein of Insertional inactivation of the gene in strain FA19 resulted in the loss of the outer-membrane protein, with concomitant hypersusceptibility of the mutant strain to a range of HAs. The properties of this mutant confirmed the role of MtrE in multidrug resistance mediated by an active efflux mechanism. Secondary structure predictions for MtrE indicated a largely hydrophilic protein with a single α-helical transmembrane region. A transposon-like element, similar to that found downstream of the region containing the promoters for and in was identified 63 bp downstream of the gene.

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Joint Standing Research Committee, St Mary’s Hospital (C.A.I.) and NIH (Award AI-21150)
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