Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

ATP-dependent modulation of MgtE in Mg2+ homeostasis

  • Atsuhiro Tomita,
  • Mingfeng Zhang,
  • Fei Jin,
  • Wenhui Zhuang,
  • Hironori Takeda,
  • Tatsuro Maruyama,
  • Masanori Osawa,
  • Ken-ichi Hashimoto,
  • Hisashi Kawasaki,
  • Koichi Ito,
  • Naoshi Dohmae,
  • Ryuichiro Ishitani,
  • Ichio Shimada,
  • Zhiqiang Yan,
  • Motoyuki Hattori,
  • Osamu Nureki

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00082-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Author summary MgtE is an Mg2+ transporter involved in Mg2+ homeostasis. Here, the authors report that ATP regulates the Mg+2-dependent gating of MgtE and use X-ray crystallography combined with functional studies to propose the molecular mechanisms involved in this process.