A research team has investigated the transport mechanism of a bacterial membrane protein using an artificially produced antibody fragment. The transport proteins, called ABC exporters, are present ...

ABC exporters consume energy when transporting molecules out of the cells. They obtain this from the splitting of the energy storage molecule ATP on the inside of the membrane.

An international research team has investigated the transport mechanism of a bacterial membrane protein using an artificially produced antibody fragment. The transport proteins, called ABC exporters, ...

Whereas clinically relevant ABC exporters are implicated in various diseases or cause multidrug resistance of cancer cells2,3, bacterial ABC importers are essential for the uptake of nutrients4, ...