Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Direct protein-lipid interactions shape the conformational landscape of secondary transporters

  • Chloe Martens,
  • Mrinal Shekhar,
  • Antoni J. Borysik,
  • Andy M. Lau,
  • Eamonn Reading,
  • Emad Tajkhorshid,
  • Paula J. Booth,
  • Argyris Politis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06704-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Secondary transporters catalyse substrate translocation across the cell membrane but the role of lipids during the transport cycle remains unclear. Here authors used hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry and molecular dynamics simulations to understand how lipids regulate the conformational dynamics of secondary transporters.