Planar substrate-binding site dictates the specificity of ECF-type nickel/cobalt transporters
Yu, Y., Zhou, M.Z., Kirsch, F., Xu, C.Q., Zhang, L., Wang, Y., Jiang, Z., Wang, N., Li, J., Eitinger, T., Yang, M.J.(2014) Cell Res 24: 267-277
- PubMed: 24366337 
- DOI: 10.1038/cr.2013.172
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4M58, 4M5B, 4M5C - PubMed Abstract: 
The energy-coupling factor (ECF) transporters are multi-subunit protein complexes that mediate uptake of transition-metal ions and vitamins in about 50% of the prokaryotes, including bacteria and archaea. Biological and structural studies have been focused on ECF transporters for vitamins, but the molecular mechanism by which ECF systems transport metal ions from the environment remains unknown ...