Journal
STRUCTURE
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages 1394-1403Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2015.06.004
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- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB08030301]
- NIH [GM094608]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31270905]
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The mitochondrial matrix is the supplier of cellular ATP. The short Ca2+-binding mitochondrial carrier (SCaMC) is one of the two mitochondrial carriers responsible for transporting ATP across the mitochondrial inner membrane. While the ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) accounts for the bulk ADP/ATP recycling in the matrix, the function of SCaMC is important for mitochondrial activities that depend on adenine nucleotides, such as gluconeogenesis and mitochondrial biogenesis. A key difference between SCaMC and AAC is that SCaMC selectively transports MgATP whereas AAC only transports free nucleotides. Here, we use a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance experiments and functional mutagenesis to investigate the structural basis of the MgATP selectivity in SCaMC. Our data revealed an MgATP binding site inside the transporter cavity, while identifying an aspartic acid residue that plays an important role in the higher selectivity for MgATP over free ATP.
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