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  • Title: Bacterial efflux transporters' polyspecificity - a gift and a curse?
    Author: Zgurskaya HI, Malloci G, Chandar B, Vargiu AV, Ruggerone P.
    Journal: Curr Opin Microbiol; 2021 Jun; 61():115-123. PubMed ID: 33940284.
    Abstract:
    All mechanisms of clinical antibiotic resistance benefit from activities of polyspecific efflux pumps acting to reduce intracellular accumulation of toxins and antibiotics. In Gram-negative bacteria, the major polyspecific efflux transporters belong to the Resistance-Nodulation-cell Division (RND) superfamily of proteins, which are capable of expelling thousands of structurally diverse compounds. Recent structural and functional advances generated novel insights into mechanisms underlying the biochemical versatility of RND transporters. This opinion article reviews these mechanisms and discusses implications of the polyspecificity of RND transporters for bacterial survival and for the development of efflux pump inhibitors effective in clinics.
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