Download MendeleyA structural framework for unidirectional transport by a bacterial ABC exporter.
Fan, C., Kaiser, J.T., Rees, D.C.(2020) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 117: 19228-19236
- PubMed: 32703810
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006526117
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
6PAM, 6PAN, 6PAO, 6PAQ, 6PAR, 6VQT, 6VQU - PubMed Abstract:
The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter of mitochondria (Atm1) mediates iron homeostasis in eukaryotes, while the prokaryotic homolog from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans ( Na Atm1) can export glutathione derivatives and confer protection against heavy-metal toxicity. To establish the structural framework underlying the Na Atm1 transport mechanism, we determined eight structures by X-ray crystallography and single-particle cryo-electron microscopy in distinct conformational states, stabilized by individual disulfide crosslinks and nucleotides. As Na Atm1 progresses through the transport cycle, conformational changes in transmembrane helix 6 (TM6) alter the glutathione-binding site and the associated substrate-binding cavity. Significantly, kinking of TM6 in the post-ATP hydrolysis state stabilized by MgADPVO 4 eliminates this cavity, precluding uptake of glutathione derivatives. The presence of this cavity during the transition from the inward-facing to outward-facing conformational states, and its absence in the reverse direction, thereby provide an elegant and conceptually simple mechanism for enforcing the export directionality of transport by Na Atm1. One of the disulfide crosslinked Na Atm1 variants characterized in this work retains significant glutathione transport activity, suggesting that ATP hydrolysis and substrate transport by Atm1 may involve a limited set of conformational states with minimal separation of the nucleotide-binding domains in the inward-facing conformation.
Organizational Affiliation:
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125.
