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The evolutionary history of topological variations in the CPA/AT transporters
Stockholm University, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab). Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Stockholm University, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7161-9028
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. Stockholm University, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0568-8281
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Number of Authors: 62021 (English)In: PloS Computational Biology, ISSN 1553-734X, E-ISSN 1553-7358, Vol. 17, no 8, article id e1009278Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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CPA/AT transporters are made up of scaffold and a core domain. The core domain contains two non-canonical helices (broken or reentrant) that mediate the transport of ions, amino acids or other charged compounds. During evolution, these transporters have undergone substantial changes in structure, topology and function. To shed light on these structural transitions, we create models for all families using an integrated topology annotation method. We find that the CPA/AT transporters can be classified into four fold-types based on their structure; (1) the CPA-broken fold-type, (2) the CPA-reentrant fold-type, (3) the BART fold-type, and (4) a previously not described fold-type, the Reentrant-Helix-Reentrant fold-type. Several topological transitions are identified, including the transition between a broken and reentrant helix, one transition between a loop and a reentrant helix, complete changes of orientation, and changes in the number of scaffold helices. These transitions are mainly caused by gene duplication and shuffling events. Structural models, topology information and other details are presented in a searchable database, CPAfold (cpafold.bioinfo.se). Author summary The availability of experimentally solved transmembrane transport structures are sparse, and modelling is challenging as the families contain non-canonical transmembrane helices. Here, we present structural models for all families of CPA/AT transporters. These proteins are then classified into four fold-types, including one novel fold-type, the reentrant-helix-reentrant fold type. We find extensive structural variations within the fold with members having from three to fourteen transmembrane helices. We explore the evolutionary mechanisms that have shaped the topological variations providing a deeper understanding of membrane protein structure and evolution. We also believe our work could serve as a model system to understand the evolution of topology variations for other membrane proteins.

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2021. Vol. 17, no 8, article id e1009278
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-197677DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009278ISI: 000685776300001PubMedID: 34403419OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-197677DiVA, id: diva2:1603191
Available from: 2021-10-14 Created: 2021-10-14 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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