Properties and expression of a multidrug efflux pump AcrAB-KocC from Klebsiella pneumoniae

Dai Wei Li; Motoyasu Onishi; Takanori Kishino; Taira Matsuo; Wakano Ogawa; Teruo Kuroda; Tomofusa Tsuchiya

doi:10.1248/bpb.31.577

Properties and expression of a multidrug efflux pump AcrAB-KocC from Klebsiella pneumoniae

Dai Wei Li, Motoyasu Onishi, Takanori Kishino, Taira Matsuo, Wakano Ogawa, Teruo Kuroda, Tomofusa Tsuchiya

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We previously reported that we had cloned genes responsible for multidrug resistance from the chromosomal DNA of Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH78578 using a drug-hypersusceptible Escherichia coli strain as a host. One of the recombinant plasmids pETV6 conferred resistance to host cells against a wide range of antimicrobial agents, dyes and detergents. It was revealed that this plasmid carried the acrB_Kp gene and a part of the acrA_Kp gene coding for a multidrug efflux pump belonging to the RND family. We cloned the whole acrA_KpB_Kp operon of K. pneumoniae and characterized the pump. The AcrAB pump utilized TolC as an outer membrane component in cells of E. coli. Elevated energy-dependent efflux of ethidium was observed with cells possessing AcrA_Kp B_Kp-TolC. We cloned a gene coding for an ortholog of TolC from chromosomal DNA of K. pneumoniae, and designated it kocC. It seems that the AcrAK_KpB_Kp-KocC complex functions as a potent multidrug efflux pump in K. pneumoniae. We observed a higher level of expression of acrA_Kp in K. pneumoniae MGH78578, a multidrug resistant strain, compared with ATCC10031, a drug susceptible strain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	577-582
Number of pages	6
Journal	Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1248/bpb.31.577
Publication status	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

AcrAB-KocC
Drug resistance
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Multidrug efflux pump
Resistance nodulation cell-division

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Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Science

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