The Agrobacterium fabrum efflux pump PecM serves as a critical metabolic relief valve to maintain cellular homeostasis
ABSTRACT Agrobacterium fabrum infects a wide range of plants, resulting in significant economic losses. In the rhizosphere, the bacterium is exposed to several stressors, including compounds secreted from other bacteria, fungi, or plants. A. fabrum encodes the efflux pump PecM for which the substrate is 4-hydroxybenzal...