Conserved Lysine in transmembrane helix 5 is key for the inner gating of the LAT transporter BasC
Joana Fort, Adrià Nicolàs-Aragó, Luca Maggi, Maria Martinez Molledo, Despoina Kapiki, Paula González-Novoa, Patricia Gómez-Gejo, Niels Zijlstra, Susanna Bodoy, Els Pardon, Jan Steyaert, Óscar Llorca, Modesto Orozco, Thorben Cordes, Manuel Palacín
This study identifies a conserved lysine in TM5 of BasC as critical for cytoplasmic gate dynamics, showing its role in gating transitions and modulation by substrates and mutations.
PNAS Nexus · Dec 23, 2024Peer-reviewedBiochemistry