Conformational alterations in unidirectional ion transport of a light-driven chloride pump revealed using X-ray free electron lasers [Biochemistry]

Light-driven chloride-pumping rhodopsins actively transport anions, including various halide ions, across cell membranes. Recent studies using time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography (TR-SFX) have uncovered the structural changes and ion transfer mechanisms in light-driven cation-pumping rhodopsins. However, the mechanism by which the conformational changes pump an anion to achieve unidirectional ion transport,...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - February 23, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Toshiaki Hosaka, Takashi Nomura, Minoru Kubo, Takanori Nakane, Luo Fangjia, Shun-ichi Sekine, Takuhiro Ito, Kazutaka Murayama, Kentaro Ihara, Haruhiko Ehara, Kazuhiro Kashiwagi, Kazushige Katsura, Ryogo Akasaka, Tamao Hisano, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Rie Tanaka, Tags: Biochemistry Biological Sciences Source Type: research