4U4V

Structure of a nitrate/nitrite antiporter NarK in apo inward-open state


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.35 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.232 
  • R-Value Work: 0.204 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.205 

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Literature

Structural basis for dynamic mechanism of nitrate/nitrite antiport by NarK

Fukuda, M.Takeda, H.Kato, H.E.Doki, S.Ito, K.Maturana, A.D.Ishitani, R.Nureki, O.

(2015) Nat Commun 6: 7097-7097

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8097
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    4U4T, 4U4V, 4U4W

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    NarK belongs to the nitrate/nitrite porter (NNP) family in the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) and plays a central role in nitrate uptake across the membrane in diverse organisms, including archaea, bacteria, fungi and plants. Although previous studies provided insight into the overall structure and the substrate recognition of NarK, its molecular mechanism, including the driving force for nitrate transport, remained elusive. Here we demonstrate that NarK is a nitrate/nitrite antiporter, using an in vitro reconstituted system. Furthermore, we present the high-resolution crystal structures of NarK from Escherichia coli in the nitrate-bound occluded, nitrate-bound inward-open and apo inward-open states. The integrated structural, functional and computational analyses reveal the nitrate/nitrite antiport mechanism of NarK, in which substrate recognition is coupled to the transport cycle by the concomitant movement of the transmembrane helices and the key tyrosine and arginine residues in the substrate-binding site.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    1] Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan [2] Global Research Cluster, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Nitrate/nitrite transporter NarK475Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: narKb1223JW1214
Membrane Entity: Yes 
UniProt
Find proteins for P10903 (Escherichia coli (strain K12))
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Go to UniProtKB:  P10903
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UniProt GroupP10903
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.35 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.232 
  • R-Value Work: 0.204 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.205 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 35.504α = 90
b = 106.532β = 90
c = 124.609γ = 90
Software Package:
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PHENIXrefinement

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-07-15
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2020-01-29
    Changes: Data collection, Derived calculations, Source and taxonomy
  • Version 1.2: 2024-03-20
    Changes: Data collection, Database references