The structural basis of substrate translocation by the Escherichia coli glycerol-3-phosphate transporter: a member of the major facilitator superfamily |
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Authors: | Lemieux M Joanne Huang Yafei Wang Da-Neng |
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Institution: | Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016, USA. |
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Abstract: | The major facilitator superfamily represents the largest group of secondary active membrane transporters in the cell. The 3.3A resolution structure of a member of this protein superfamily, the glycerol-3-phosphate transporter from the Escherichia coli inner membrane, reveals two domains connected by a long central loop. These N- and C-terminal domains, each containing a six-helix bundle, are related by pseudo-twofold symmetry. A substrate translocation pore is located between the two domains and is open to the cytoplasm. Two arginines at the closed end of the pore comprise the substrate-binding site. Biochemical experiments show that, upon substrate binding, the protein adopts a more compact conformation. The crystal structure suggests that the transporter operates through a single binding site, alternating access mechanism via a rocker-switch type of movement of the N- and C-terminal domains. The structure and mechanism of the glycerol-3-phosphate transporter form a paradigm for other members of the major facilitator superfamily. |
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