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Single-molecule visualization of conformational changes and substrate transport in the vitamin B12 ABC importer BtuCD-F.


ABSTRACT: ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters form the largest class of active membrane transport proteins. Binding and hydrolysis of ATP by their highly conserved nucleotide-binding domains drive conformational changes of the complex that mediate transport of substrate across the membrane. The vitamin B12 importer BtuCD-F in Escherichia coli is an extensively studied model system. The periplasmic soluble binding protein BtuF binds the ligand; the transmembrane and ATPase domains BtuCD mediate translocation. Here we report the direct observation at the single-molecule level of ATP, vitamin B12 and BtuF-induced events in the transporter complex embedded in liposomes. Single-molecule fluorescence imaging techniques reveal that membrane-embedded BtuCD forms a stable complex with BtuF, regardless of the presence of ATP and vitamin B12. We observe that a vitamin B12 molecule remains bound to the complex for tens of seconds, during which several ATP hydrolysis cycles can take place, before it is being transported across the membrane.

SUBMITTER: Goudsmits JMH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698293 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Single-molecule visualization of conformational changes and substrate transport in the vitamin B<sub>12</sub> ABC importer BtuCD-F.

Goudsmits Joris M H JMH   Slotboom Dirk Jan DJ   van Oijen Antoine M AM  

Nature communications 20171121 1


ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters form the largest class of active membrane transport proteins. Binding and hydrolysis of ATP by their highly conserved nucleotide-binding domains drive conformational changes of the complex that mediate transport of substrate across the membrane. The vitamin B<sub>12</sub> importer BtuCD-F in Escherichia coli is an extensively studied model system. The periplasmic soluble binding protein BtuF binds the ligand; the transmembrane and ATPase domains BtuCD medi  ...[more]

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