A natural light-driven inward proton pump

Keiichi Inoue; Shota Ito; Yoshitaka Kato; Yurika Nomura; Mikihiro Shibata; Takayuki Uchihashi; Satoshi P. Tsunoda; Hideki Kandori

doi:10.1038/ncomms13415

Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

A natural light-driven inward proton pump

Keiichi Inoue,
Shota Ito,
Yoshitaka Kato,
Yurika Nomura,
Mikihiro Shibata,
Takayuki Uchihashi,
Satoshi P. Tsunoda,
Hideki Kandori

Affiliations

Keiichi Inoue: Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Shota Ito: Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Yoshitaka Kato: Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Yurika Nomura: Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Mikihiro Shibata: Department of Physics, Kanazawa University
Takayuki Uchihashi: Department of Physics, Kanazawa University
Satoshi P. Tsunoda: Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Hideki Kandori: Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13415
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Proton pumps that are driven by light to pump protons out of the cell are involved in the conversion of sunlight into proton motive force; pumps to drive protons in the other direction have been engineered. Here, the authors report the identification and characterisation of a naturally occurring inward-driven protein pump.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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