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Abstract
The mechanism for flipping large lipid-linked oligosaccharides across membranes has remained a paradox. Perez et al. now report the structure of the PglK protein of C. jejuni, a flippase for a bacterial lipid-linked oligosaccharide, and reveal an unexpected whip-like mechanism.Entities:
Keywords: dolichol; flippase; lipid-linked oligosaccharide; polyisoprenol; undecaprenol
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26476576 PMCID: PMC4661117 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2015.10.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN: 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807