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Xuan Qiu^1,2, Zhisen Yang^1,2, Yongxiang Gao^1,2

¹Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

Nature communications

|December 22, 2025

Resumen

El transportador ABC 2 de Arabidopsis thaliana (AtABCC2) es crucial para la desintoxicación de las plantas. Los estudios estructurales revelan cómo se une a sustratos y ATP, cambiando su conformación para transportar compuestos tóxicos y proteger a las plantas de los contaminantes ambientales.

Área de la Ciencia:

Biología molecular de plantas
Bioquímica
Biología estructural

Sus antecedentes:

Las plantas requieren mecanismos de desintoxicación robustos para contrarrestar los contaminantes ambientales.
El transportador 2 de Arabidopsis thaliana (AtABCC2) es vital para la exportación de compuestos tóxicos, apoyando el crecimiento y desarrollo de las plantas.

Objetivo del estudio:

Elucidar los mecanismos moleculares de unión y transporte de sustratos por AtABCC2.
Determinar las estructuras de AtABCC2 en diferentes estados funcionales.

Principales métodos:

Se utilizó la cristalografía de rayos X para determinar las estructuras de AtABCC2.
Las estructuras se analizaron en estados libre de sustrato, unido a sustrato (S-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)glutathione - DNP-GS) y unido a ATP.

Principales resultados:

AtABCC2 existe en formas monoméricas y diméricas, con una interfaz de dímero única en sus dominios transmembrana.
El sustrato DNP-GS se une dentro de una cavidad anfipática en los dominios transmembrana.
La unión del ATP induce cambios conformacionales, acercando los dominios y transicionando el transportador a un estado ocluido.

Conclusiones:

Las estructuras determinadas proporcionan información sobre la base molecular del reconocimiento y transporte de sustratos por AtABCC2.
Estos hallazgos mejoran la comprensión de las vías de desintoxicación de las plantas y el papel de los transportadores ABC en la respuesta al estrés ambiental.

Palabras clave:

transportador ABC desintoxicación de plantas AtABCC2 estructuras de proteínas mecanismos de transporte

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