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bmrA

Gene
bmrA
Protein
Multidrug resistance ABC transporter ATP-binding/permease protein BmrA
Organism
Bacillus subtilis (strain 168)
Length
589 amino acids
Function
An efflux transporter able to transport Hoechst 33342, ethidium bromide, doxorubicin and a number of other drugs in vitro into inside out vesicles. The endogenous substrate is unknown. It has been suggested that NBD dimerization induced by ATP-binding causes a large conformational change responsible for substrate translocation (PubMed:18215075). Transmembrane domains (TMD) form a pore in the inner membrane and the ATP-binding domain (NBD) is responsible for energy generation (Probable).
Similarity
Belongs to the ABC transporter superfamily.
Mass
64.519 kDa
Sequence
MPTKKQKSKSKLKPFFALVRRTNPSYGKLAFALALSVVTTLVSLLIPLLTKQLVDGFSMSNLSGTQIGLIALVFFVQAGLSAYATYALNYNGQKIISGLRELLWKKLIKLPVSYFDTNASGETVSRVTNDTMVVKELITTHISGFITGIISVIGSLTILFIMNWKLTLLVLVVVPLAALILVPIGRKMFSISRETQDETARFTGLLNQILPEIRLVKASNAEDVEYGRGKMGISSLFKLGVREAKVQSLVGPLISLVLMAALVAVIGYGGMQVSSGELTAGALVAFILYLFQIIMPMGQITTFFTQLQKSIGATERMIEILAEEEEDTVTGKQIENAHLPIQLDRVSFGYKPDQLILKEVSAVIEAGKVTAIVGPSGGGKTTLFKLLERFYSPTAGTIRLGDEPVDTYSLESWREHIGYVSQESPLMSGTIRENICYGLERDVTDAEIEKAAEMAYALNFIKELPNQFDTEVGERGIMLSGGQRQRIAIARALLRNPSILMLDEATSSLDSQSEKSVQQALEVLMEGRTTIVIAHRLSTVVDADQLLFVEKGEITGRGTHHELMASHGLYRDFAEQQLKMNADLENKAG