Crystal Structure of a Divalent Metal Ion Transporter Cora at 2.9 Angstrom Resolution.
Eshaghi, S., Niegowski, D., Kohl, A., Martinez Molina, D., Lesley, S.A., Nordlund, P.(2006) Science 313: 354
- PubMed: 16857941
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1127121
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2IUB - PubMed Abstract:
CorA family members are ubiquitously distributed transporters of divalent metal cations and are considered to be the primary Mg2+ transporter of Bacteria and Archaea. We have determined a 2.9 angstrom resolution structure of CorA from Thermotoga maritima that reveals a pentameric cone-shaped protein. Two potential regulatory metal binding sites are found in the N-terminal domain that bind both Mg2+ and Co2+. The structure of CorA supports an efflux system involving dehydration and rehydration of divalent metal ions potentially mediated by a ring of conserved aspartate residues at the cytoplasmic entrance and a carbonyl funnel at the periplasmic side of the pore.
Organizational Affiliation:
Division of Biophysics, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. Said.Eshaghi@ki.se