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9G2Z

Cryo-EM structure of IrtAB in outward-occluded state under turnover conditions in LMNG

Summary for 9G2Z
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb9g2z/pdb
Related6TEJ
EMDB information10319 50989
DescriptorMycobactin import ATP-binding/permease protein IrtA, Mycobactin import ATP-binding/permease protein IrtB, ADENOSINE-5'-TRIPHOSPHATE, ... (6 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsabc transporter, type iv abc importer siderophore, mycobactin, heterodimeric abc transporter, membrane protein
Biological sourceMycolicibacterium thermoresistibile ATCC 19527
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Total number of polymer chains2
Total formula weight127063.24
Authors
Gonda, I.,Seeger, M.A. (deposition date: 2024-07-11, release date: 2024-12-18, Last modification date: 2025-02-12)
Primary citationGonda, I.,Sorrentino, S.,Galazzo, L.,Lichti, N.P.,Arnold, F.M.,Mehdipour, A.R.,Bordignon, E.,Seeger, M.A.
The mycobacterial ABC transporter IrtAB employs a membrane-facing crevice for siderophore-mediated iron uptake.
Nat Commun, 16:1133-1133, 2025
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PubMed Abstract: The mycobacterial ABC transporter IrtAB features an ABC exporter fold, yet it imports iron-charged siderophores called mycobactins. Here, we present extensive cryo-EM analyses and DEER measurements, revealing that IrtAB alternates between an inward-facing and an outward-occluded conformation, but does not sample an outward-facing conformation. When IrtAB is locked in its outward-occluded conformation in nanodiscs, mycobactin is bound in the middle of the lipid bilayer at a membrane-facing crevice opening at the heterodimeric interface. Mutations introduced at the crevice abrogate mycobactin import and in corresponding structures, the crevice is collapsed. A conserved triple histidine motif coordinating a zinc ion is present below the mycobactin binding site. Substitution of these histidine residues with alanine results in a decoupled transporter, which hydrolyzes ATP, but lost its capacity to import mycobactins. Our data suggest that IrtAB imports mycobactin via a credit-card mechanism in a transport cycle that is coupled to the presence of zinc.
PubMed: 39880813
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55136-7
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Experimental method
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (2.78 Å)
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