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SUBMITTER: Takaharu Sakuragi
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-11046 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sakuragi Takaharu T Kanai Ryuta R Tsutsumi Akihisa A Narita Hirotaka H Onishi Eriko E Nishino Kohei K Miyazaki Takuya T Baba Takeshi T Kosako Hidetaka H Nakagawa Atsushi A Kikkawa Masahide M Toyoshima Chikashi C Nagata Shigekazu S
Nature structural & molecular biology 20211008 10
Xkr8-Basigin is a plasma membrane phospholipid scramblase activated by kinases or caspases. We combined cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography to investigate its structure at an overall resolution of 3.8 Å. Its membrane-spanning region carrying 22 charged amino acids adopts a cuboid-like structure stabilized by salt bridges between hydrophilic residues in transmembrane helices. Phosphatidylcholine binding was observed in a hydrophobic cleft on the surface exposed to the outer leaflet of the plasma me ...[more]