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Characterization of the ABCA transporter subfamily: identification of prokaryotic and eukaryotic members,phylogeny and topology
Authors:Peelman Frank  Labeur Christine  Vanloo Berlinda  Roosbeek Stein  Devaud Catherine  Duverger Nicolas  Denèfle Patrice  Rosier Marie  Vandekerckhove Joël  Rosseneu Maryvonne
Affiliation:Laboratory for Lipoprotein Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, Belgium.
Abstract:An alignment of the mammalian ABCA transporters enabled the identification of sequence segments, specific to the ABCA subfamily, which were used as queries to search for eukaryotic and prokaryotic homologues. Thirty-seven eukaryotic half and full-length transporters were found, and a close relationship with prokaryotic subfamily 7 transporters was detected. Each half of the ABCA full-transporters is predicted to comprise a membrane-spanning domain (MSD) composed of six helices and a large extracellular loop, followed by a nucleotide-binding domain (NBD) and a conserved cytoplasmic 80-residue sequence, which might have a regulatory function. The topology predicted for the ABCA transporters was compared to the crystal structures of the MsbA and BtuCD bacterial transporters. The alignment of the MSD and NBD domains provided an estimate of the degree of residue conservation in the cytoplasmic, extracellular and transmembrane domains of the ABCA transporter subfamily. The phylogenic tree of eukaryotic ABCA transporters based upon the NBD sequences, consists of three major clades, corresponding to the half-transporter single NBDs and to the full-transporter NBDls and NBD2s. A phylogenic tree of prokaryotic transporters and the eukaryotic ABCA transporters confirmed the evolutionary relationship between prokaryotic subfamily 7 transporters and eukaryotic ABCA half and full-transporters.
Keywords:ABC transporter   sequence alignment   homology   phylogeny   evolution
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