Title : Bioenergetics of the staphylococcal multidrug export protein QacA. Identification of distinct binding sites for monovalent and divalent cations.

Pub. Date : 1999 Feb 5

PMID : 9920900






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 The quaternary ammonium salt, 1-(4-trimethylammoniumphenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene, was used as a membrane-specific fluorescence probe and demonstrated that the amount of substrate entering the inner leaflet was significantly reduced in QacA-containing strains, supporting the notion that the substrate is extruded directly from the membrane. 1-(4-trimethylammoniumphenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene QacA Staphylococcus aureus