Biology:Small multidrug resistance protein

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Short description: Family of integral membrane proteins
Small Multidrug Resistance protein
Identifiers
SymbolMulti_Drug_Res
PfamPF00892
Pfam clanCL0184
InterProIPR000390
SCOP21s7b / SCOPe / SUPFAM
TCDB2.A.7
OPM superfamily70
OPM protein5i20

Small multidrug resistance protein (also known as Drug/Metabolite Transporter) is a family of integral membrane proteins that confer drug resistance to a wide range of toxic compounds by removing them for the cells. The efflux is coupled to an influx of protons. An example is Escherichia coli mvrC P23895 which prevents the incorporation of methyl viologen into cells[1] and is involved in ethidium bromide efflux.[2]

References

  1. "Cloning and characterization of the mvrC gene of Escherichia coli K-12 which confers resistance against methyl viologen toxicity". Nucleic Acids Res. 20 (12): 3159–3165. 1992. doi:10.1093/nar/20.12.3159. PMID 1320256. 
  2. Purewal AS (1991). "Nucleotide sequence of the ethidium efflux gene from Escherichia coli". FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 66 (2): 229–231. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04870.x. PMID 1936950. 
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR000390