Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMed
SLC4 transporters play significant roles in pH regulation and cellular sodium transport. The previously solved structures of the outward facing (OF) conformation for AE1 (SLC4A1) and NBCe1 (SLC4A4) transporters revealed an identical overall fold despite their different transport modes (chloride/bicarbonate exchange versus sodium-carbonate cotransport). However, the exact mechanism determining the different transport modes in the SLC4 family remains unknown. In this work, we report the cryo-EM 3.4 A structure of the OF conformation of NDCBE (SLC4A8), which shares transport properties with both AE1 and NBCe1 by mediating the electroneutral exchange of sodium-carbonate with chloride. This structure features a fully resolved extracellular loop 3 and well-defined densities corresponding to sodium and carbonate ions in the tentative substrate binding pocket. Further, we combine computational modeling with functional studies to unravel the molecular determinants involved in NDCBE and SLC4 transport.
Cryo-EM structure of the sodium-driven chloride/bicarbonate exchanger NDCBE.,Wang W, Tsirulnikov K, Zhekova HR, Kayik G, Khan HM, Azimov R, Abuladze N, Kao L, Newman D, Noskov SY, Zhou ZH, Pushkin A, Kurtz I Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 28;12(1):5690. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25998-2. PMID:34584093[1]
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References
- ↑ Wang W, Tsirulnikov K, Zhekova HR, Kayik G, Khan HM, Azimov R, Abuladze N, Kao L, Newman D, Noskov SY, Zhou ZH, Pushkin A, Kurtz I. Cryo-EM structure of the sodium-driven chloride/bicarbonate exchanger NDCBE. Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 28;12(1):5690. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25998-2. PMID:34584093 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25998-2
