ATP-dependent modulation of MgtE in Mg2+ homeostasis

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00082-w