葉酸エネルギー結合因子トランスポーターの結晶構造 Lactobacillus brevis から
Ke Xu1, Minhua Zhang, Qin Zhao
1National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
Nature
|April 16, 2013
まとめ
エネルギー結合因子 (ECF) トランスポーターは,ATP結合カセットの輸入者の別々のクラスであり,構造的に特徴づけられました. この研究は,組織を明らかにし,葉酸ECFトランスポーターの構造変化を含む輸送機構を提案しています.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 構造生物学 構造生物学とは
- 分子輸送は分子輸送である.
背景:
- ATP結合カセット (ABC) トランスポーターは,ATPの水解によって推進される,トランスメブラン輸送に関与する大きなタンパク質のスーパーファミリーです.
- エネルギー結合因子 (ECF) トランスポーターは,独特の組織的,機能的な性質を持つ,周回プラズマの溶液結合タンパク質を欠くABCインポーターの独特のクラスを表しています.
- 以前の構造研究は,ECFトランスポーターコンポーネントの基板結合部位を特定したが,全体の組織や輸送メカニズムを明らかにしなかった.
研究 の 目的:
- ラクトバシルス・ブレヴィス (Lactobacillus brevis) からの完ぺきな葉酸ECFトランスポーターの構造を決定する.
- 分子組織を解明し,ECFトランスポーターの輸送機構を提案する.
主な方法:
- X線結晶学を用いて,無傷の葉酸ECFトランスポーターの構造を決定した.
- 構造は3 Å の解像度で解消されました.
- トランスポーターは,内側に向き,ヌクレオチドフリーな形状で捕らえられました.
主要な成果:
- この構造は,ECFの4つのトランスポーター成分,すなわち,EcfT,EcfA,EcfA',および基板結合タンパク質Foltの組織を明らかにしています.
- EcfTは,FolTを結合し,EcfAとEcfA'に,エネルギーカップリングに不可欠な XRX モチーフを保存したカップリングヘリを通じて接続する L 形を採用しています.
- トランスポーターは,ニュクレオチドのない,内向きの状態で観察され,フォルトの実質的な構造変化を含む輸送モデルを示唆しました.
結論:
- この研究は,完ぺきなECFトランスポーターの最初の構造を提示し,その分子構造を明らかにします.
- ECFトランスポーターメカニズムのモデルが提案され,EcfTカップリングヘリと基板輸送における構成の変化の役割を強調しています.
- この構造的洞察は,独特の膜輸送器のクラスについての理解を深める.
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