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Title | Mobile barrier mechanisms for Na-coupled symport in an MFS sugar transporter. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Elife, Vol. 12, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Feb 21, 2024 |
Authors | Parameswaran Hariharan / Yuqi Shi / Satoshi Katsube / Katleen Willibal / Nathan D Burrows / Patrick Mitchell / Amirhossein Bakhtiiari / Samantha Stanfield / Els Pardon / H Ronald Kaback / Ruibin Liang / Jan Steyaert / Rosa Viner / Lan Guan / |
PubMed Abstract | While many 3D structures of cation-coupled transporters have been determined, the mechanistic details governing the obligatory coupling and functional regulations still remain elusive. The bacterial ...While many 3D structures of cation-coupled transporters have been determined, the mechanistic details governing the obligatory coupling and functional regulations still remain elusive. The bacterial melibiose transporter (MelB) is a prototype of major facilitator superfamily transporters. With a conformation-selective nanobody, we determined a low-sugar affinity inward-facing Na-bound cryoEM structure. The available outward-facing sugar-bound structures showed that the N- and C-terminal residues of the inner barrier contribute to the sugar selectivity. The inward-open conformation shows that the sugar selectivity pocket is also broken when the inner barrier is broken. Isothermal titration calorimetry measurements revealed that this inward-facing conformation trapped by this nanobody exhibited a greatly decreased sugar-binding affinity, suggesting the mechanisms for substrate intracellular release and accumulation. While the inner/outer barrier shift directly regulates the sugar-binding affinity, it has little or no effect on the cation binding, which is supported by molecular dynamics simulations. Furthermore, the hydron/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry analyses allowed us to identify dynamic regions; some regions are involved in the functionally important inner barrier-specific salt-bridge network, which indicates their critical roles in the barrier switching mechanisms for transport. These complementary results provided structural and dynamic insights into the mobile barrier mechanism for cation-coupled symport. |
External links | Elife / PubMed:38381130 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.29 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-41062, PDB-8t60: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-NA: |
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Keywords | TRANSPORT PROTEIN / Sugar transporter; Cation-coupled symporter; Na(+) binding; Protein conformation; Nanobodies; NabFab; CryoEM / Membrane proteins; protein-protein interaction |