The Acinetobacter baumannii disinfectant resistance protein, AmvA, is a spermidine and spermine efflux pump

Francesca Short et al. identify natural polyamines as substrates for a drug efflux pump in the clinically-relevant pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii. Their results suggest that efflux pumps now known to be involved in drug resistance may have originated as polyamine transporters.

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Main Authors: Francesca L. Short, Qi Liu, Bhumika Shah, Heather E. Clift, Varsha Naidu, Liping Li, Farzana T. Prity, Bridget C. Mabbutt, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8e858361117f461b89e8f68cd27b2273
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