Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Structural and mechanistic analysis of a tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic TRAP transporter

  • Martin F. Peter,
  • Jan A. Ruland,
  • Peer Depping,
  • Niels Schneberger,
  • Emmanuele Severi,
  • Jonas Moecking,
  • Karl Gatterdam,
  • Sarah Tindall,
  • Alexandre Durand,
  • Veronika Heinz,
  • Jan Peter Siebrasse,
  • Paul-Albert Koenig,
  • Matthias Geyer,
  • Christine Ziegler,
  • Ulrich Kubitscheck,
  • Gavin H. Thomas,
  • Gregor Hagelueken

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31907-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic (TRAP) transporters are widespread in bacteria and archaea. Here, the authors used cryo-EM and a range of biophysical techniques to study the structure of function of the sialic acid TRAP transporter HiSiaQM.