{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Schuster S"],"funding":["Seventh Framework Programme"],"pagination":["503"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8145115"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(5)"],"pubmed_abstract":["In Escherichia coli, the role of RND-type drug transporters other than the major efflux pump AcrB has largely remained undeciphered (particularly in multidrug resistant pathogens), because genetic engineering in such isolates is challenging. The present study aimed to explore the capability of the AcrB homolog MdtF to contribute to the extrusion of noxious compounds and to multidrug resistance in an E. coli clinical isolate with demonstrated expression of this efflux pump. An mdtF/acrB double-knockout was engineered, and susceptibility changes with drugs from various classes were determined in comparison to the parental strain and its acrB and tolC single-knockout mutants. The potential of MdtF to participate in the export of agents with different physicochemical properties was additionall"],"journal":["Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["Exploring the Contribution of the AcrB Homolog MdtF to Drug Resistance and Dye Efflux in a Multidrug Resistant E. coli Isolate."],"pmcid":["PMC8145115"],"funding_grant_id":["115525 ND4BB"],"pubmed_authors":["Vavra M","Schuster S","Greim L","Kern WV"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Exploring the Contribution of the AcrB Homolog MdtF to Drug Resistance and Dye Efflux in a Multidrug Resistant E. coli Isolate.","description":"In Escherichia coli, the role of RND-type drug transporters other than the major efflux pump AcrB has largely remained undeciphered (particularly in multidrug resistant pathogens), because genetic engineering in such isolates is challenging. The present study aimed to explore the capability of the AcrB homolog MdtF to contribute to the extrusion of noxious compounds and to multidrug resistance in an E. coli clinical isolate with demonstrated expression of this efflux pump. An mdtF/acrB double-knockout was engineered, and susceptibility changes with drugs from various classes were determined in comparison to the parental strain and its acrB and tolC single-knockout mutants. The potential of MdtF to participate in the export of agents with different physicochemical properties was additionall","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Apr","modification":"2025-04-04T03:26:08.114Z","creation":"2022-02-10T14:29:30.56Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8145115","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33925175"],"doi":["10.3390/antibiotics10050503"]}}