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SUBMITTER: Smith PC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3516284 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Paul C PC Karpowich Nathan N Millen Linda L Moody Jonathan E JE Rosen Jane J Thomas Philip J PJ Hunt John F JF
Molecular cell 20020701 1
It has been proposed that the reaction cycle of ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters is driven by dimerization of their ABC motor domains upon binding ATP at their mutual interface. However, no such ATP sandwich complex has been observed for an ABC from an ABC transporter. In this paper, we report the crystal structure of a stable dimer formed by the E171Q mutant of the MJ0796 ABC, which is hydrolytically inactive due to mutation of the catalytic base. The structure shows a symmetrical dimer ...[more]