P-glycoprotein 1 (permeability glycoprotein, abbreviated as
P-gp or
Pgp) also known as
multidrug resistance protein 1 (MDR1) or
ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 1 (ABCB1) or
cluster of differentiation 243 (CD243) is an important protein of the
cell membrane that pumps many foreign substances out of cells. More formally, it is an
ATP-dependent
efflux pump with broad
substrate specificity. It exists in animals, fungi and bacteria and likely evolved as a defense mechanism against harmful substances.