Pleiotropic roles of the MATE transporter CD20030 in Clostridioides difficile: linking multidrug resistance to oxidative stress defense and virulence regulation
The MATE transporter (CD20030) operates as a pleiotropic regulatory hub and metabolic sentinel in C. difficile, indicating the involvement of this transporter in intrinsic resistance and oxidative defense and presenting a “swimming-to-sliding transition” driven by metabolic stress, rather than active swimming motility.