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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2006, p. 5635-5639, Vol. 188, No. 15
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00422-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

No Single Irreplaceable Acidic Residues in the Escherichia coli Secondary Multidrug Transporter MdfA

Nadejda Sigal, Shahar Molshanski-Mor, and Eitan Bibi*

Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel

Received 27 March 2006/ Accepted 11 May 2006

The largest family of solute transporters (major facilitator superfamily [MFS]) includes proton-motive-force-driven secondary transporters. Several characterized MFS transporters utilize essential acidic residues that play a critical role in the energy-coupling mechanism during transport. Surprisingly, we show here that no single acidic residue plays an irreplaceable role in the Escherichia coli secondary multidrug transporter MdfA.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. Phone: 972-8-9343464. Fax: 972-8-9344118. E-mail: e.bibi{at}weizmann.ac.il.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2006, p. 5635-5639, Vol. 188, No. 15
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00422-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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