Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Structural insights into light-driven anion pumping in cyanobacteria

  • R. Astashkin,
  • K. Kovalev,
  • S. Bukhdruker,
  • S. Vaganova,
  • A. Kuzmin,
  • A. Alekseev,
  • T. Balandin,
  • D. Zabelskii,
  • I. Gushchin,
  • A. Royant,
  • D. Volkov,
  • G. Bourenkov,
  • E. Koonin,
  • M. Engelhard,
  • E. Bamberg,
  • V. Gordeliy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34019-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Here, the authors present four high-resolution structures of SyHR protein from cyanobacterial anion pumps family: chloride and sulfate bound forms and two active state structures. These structures provide insights into the molecular mechanisms of SyHR and cyanobacterial anion pumps in general.