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CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 5, Pages 785-801Publisher
DE GRUYTER POLAND SP ZOO
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-011-0054-4
Keywords
ATP-binding cassette; Protein superfamily; Transport proteins; P-glycoprotein; Maltose transporter; ECF transporter; Prokaryotes; Eukaryotes; Disease
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB 449, TP B14, SCHN 274/9-3, 14-1, 15-1]
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) systems are found in all three domains of life and in some giant viruses and form one of the largest protein superfamilies. Most family members are transport proteins that couple the free energy of ATP hydrolysis to the translocation of solutes across a biological membrane. The energizing module is also used to drive non-transport processes associated, e.g., with DNA repair and protein translation. Many ABC proteins are of considerable medical importance. In humans, dysfunction of at least eighteen out of 49 ABC transporters is associated with disease, such as cystic fibrosis, Tangier disease, adrenoleukodystrophy or Stargardt's macular degeneration. In prokaryotes, ABC proteins confer resistance to antibiotics, secrete virulence factors and envelope components, or mediate the uptake of a large variety of nutrients. Canonical ABC transporters share a common structural organization comprising two transmembrane domains (TMDs) that form the translocation pore and two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) that bind and hydrolyze ATP. In this Mini-Review, we summarize recent structural and biochemical data obtained from both prokaryotic and eukaryotic model systems.
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