Uracil/H+ symport by FurE refines aspects of the rocking-bundle mechanism of APC-type transporters
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Zantza, Iliana
Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Greece
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Pyrris, Yiannis
Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Greece
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Raniolo, Stefano
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Euler Institute (EUL), Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
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Papadaki, Georgia F.
Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Greece
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Lambrinidis, George
Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Greece
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Limongelli, Vittorio
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Euler Institute (EUL), Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland ; Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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Diallinas, George
Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Greece ; Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece
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Mikros, Emmanuel
Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Greece ; Athena Research and Innovation Center in Information Communication & Knowledge Technologies, Marousi, Greece
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- Journal of molecular biology. - 2023, vol. 435, no. 19, p. 168226
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Transporters mediate the uptake of solutes, metabolites and drugs across the cell membrane. The eukaryotic FurE nucleobase/H+ symporter of Aspergillus nidulans has been used as a model protein to address structure–function relationships in the APC transporter superfamily, members of which are characterized by the LeuT-fold and seem to operate by the so-called ‘rocking-bundle’ mechanism. In this study, we reveal the binding mode, translocation and release pathway of uracil/H+ by FurE using path collective variable, funnel metadynamics and rational mutational analysis. Our study reveals a stepwise, induced-fit, mechanism of ordered sequential transport of proton and uracil, which in turn suggests that FurE, functions as a multi-step gated pore, rather than employing ‘rocking’ of compact domains, as often proposed for APC transporters. Finally, our work supports that specific residues of the cytoplasmic N-tail are involved in substrate translocation, in line with their essentiality for FurE function.
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