Structure and mechanism of human ABC transporters

A Alam, KP Locher - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
ABC transporters are essential for cellular physiology. Humans have 48 ABC genes
organized into seven distinct families. Of these genes, 44 (in five distinct families) encode for …

Progress of potential drugs targeted in lipid metabolism research

K Liang, JY Dai - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lipids are a class of complex hydrophobic molecules derived from fatty acids that not only
form the structural basis of biological membranes but also regulate metabolism and maintain …

Structural basis of substrate recognition and translocation by human very long-chain fatty acid transporter ABCD1

ZP Chen, D Xu, L Wang, YX Mao, Y Li… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Human ABC transporter ABCD1 transports very long-chain fatty acids from cytosol to
peroxisome for β-oxidation, dysfunction of which usually causes the X-linked …

Plastic structures for diverse substrates: A revisit of human ABC transporters

WT Hou, D Xu, L Wang, Y Chen… - Proteins: Structure …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) superfamily is one of the largest groups of primary active
transporters that could be found in all kingdoms of life from bacteria to humans. In humans …

Structural insights into binding-site access and ligand recognition by human ABCB1

D Kurre, PX Dang, LTM Le, VV Gadkari… - The EMBO Journal, 2025 - embopress.org
ABCB1 is a broad-spectrum efflux pump central to cellular drug handling and multidrug
resistance in humans. However, how it is able to recognize and transport a wide range of …

Structural insights into human ABCD3-mediated peroxisomal acyl-CoA translocation

Y Li, ZP Chen, D Xu, L Wang, MT Cheng, CZ Zhou… - Cell Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Human ABC transporters ABCD1–3 are all localized on the peroxisomal membrane and
participate in the β-oxidation of fatty acyl-CoAs, but they differ from each other in substrate …

Structural insights into substrate recognition and translocation of human peroxisomal ABC transporter ALDP

C **ong, LN Jia, WX **ong, XT Wu, LL **ong… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Dysfunctions of ATP-binding cassette, subfamily D, member 1 (ABCD1) cause X-linked
adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare neurodegenerative disease that affects all human tissues …

Structural and functional insights of the human peroxisomal ABC transporter ALDP

Y Jia, Y Zhang, W Wang, J Lei, Z Ying, G Yang - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ALDP) is responsible for the transport of very-long-chain fatty
acids (VLCFAs) and corresponding CoA-esters across the peroxisomal membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Carnitine O-Acetyltransferase as a Central Player in Lipid and Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism, Epigenetics, Cell Plasticity, and Organelle Function

M Volpicella, MN Sgobba, L Laera, AL Francavilla… - Biomolecules, 2025 - mdpi.com
Carnitine O-acetyltransferase (CRAT) is a key mitochondrial enzyme involved in maintaining
metabolic homeostasis by mediating the reversible transfer of acetyl groups between acetyl …

[HTML][HTML] Successful strategies for expression and purification of ABC transporters

B Berner, G Daoutsali, E Melén, N Remper… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are proteins responsible for active transport of
various compounds, from small ions to macromolecules, across membranes. Proteins from …