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Title | Cryo-EM structures of human ABCA7 provide insights into its phospholipid translocation mechanisms. |
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Journal, issue, pages | EMBO J, Vol. 42, Issue 3, Page e111065, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Feb 1, 2023 |
Authors | Le Thi My Le / James Robert Thompson / Sepehr Dehghani-Ghahnaviyeh / Shashank Pant / Phuoc Xuan Dang / Jarrod Bradley French / Takahisa Kanikeyo / Emad Tajkhorshid / Amer Alam / |
PubMed Abstract | Phospholipid extrusion by ABC subfamily A (ABCA) exporters is central to cellular physiology, although the specifics of the underlying substrate interactions and transport mechanisms remain poorly ...Phospholipid extrusion by ABC subfamily A (ABCA) exporters is central to cellular physiology, although the specifics of the underlying substrate interactions and transport mechanisms remain poorly resolved at the molecular level. Here we report cryo-EM structures of lipid-embedded human ABCA7 in an open state and in a nucleotide-bound, closed state at resolutions between 3.6 and 4.0 Å. The former reveals an ordered patch of bilayer lipids traversing the transmembrane domain (TMD), while the latter reveals a lipid-free, closed TMD with a small extracellular opening. These structures offer a structural framework for both substrate entry and exit from the ABCA7 TMD and highlight conserved rigid-body motions that underlie the associated conformational transitions. Combined with functional analysis and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, our data also shed light on lipid partitioning into the ABCA7 TMD and localized membrane perturbations that underlie ABCA7 function and have broader implications for other ABCA family transporters. |
External links | EMBO J / PubMed:36484366 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.2 - 4.0 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-28041, PDB-8edw: EMDB-28044: Human ABCA7 in BPL/Ch nanodiscs (Map 2) EMDB-28047, PDB-8ee6: EMDB-28050, PDB-8eeb: EMDB-28451, PDB-8eop: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-NAG:
ChemComp-UNL: ChemComp-AGS: ChemComp-ATP: ChemComp-MG: |
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Keywords | TRANSPORT PROTEIN / ABC transporter / Lipid Transporter / ABC exporter |