Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5532936 | Journal of Molecular Biology | 2017 | 14 Pages |
â¢ABC transporters have diverse physiological roles.â¢Different 3D folds of the transmembrane domain have been conserved.â¢Each fold is associated with a different mechanism of action.â¢The different mechanisms are tuned to the physiological role of the system.
The past decade has seen a remarkable surge in structural characterization of ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters, which have spurred a more focused functional analysis of these elaborate molecular machines. As a result, it has become increasingly apparent that there is a substantial degree of mechanistic variation between ABC transporters that function as importers, which correlates with their physiological roles. Here, we summarize recent advances in ABC importers' structure-function studies and provide an explanation as to the origin of the different mechanisms of action.
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