CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily P-loop containing nucleotide triphosphate hydrolases
Functional Family Lipid A export ATP-binding/permease protein MsbA

Enzyme Information

7.5.2.6
ABC-type lipid A-core oligosaccharide transporter.
based on mapping to UniProt P63359
ATP + H(2)O + lipid A-core oligosaccharide(Side 1) = ADP + phosphate + lipid A-core oligosaccharide(Side 2).
-!- An ATP-binding cassette (ABC) type transporter, characterized by the presence of two similar ATP-binding domains/proteins and two integral membrane domains/proteins. -!- The enzyme, best characterized from the bacterium Escherichia coli, is located in the inner membrane and mediates the movement of lipid A attached to the core oligosaccharide from the cytoplasm to the periplasmic side of the inner membrane, an important step in the lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic pathway. -!- Not to be confused with EC 7.5.2.5, which is implicated in the translocation of LPS from the inner membrane to the outer membrane and acts later in the process.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P63359
MSBA_SALTY
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium str. LT2
Lipid A export ATP-binding/permease protein MsbA

PDB Structure

PDB 3B60
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Flexibility in the ABC transporter MsbA: Alternating access with a twist.
Ward, A., Reyes, C.L., Yu, J., Roth, C.B., Chang, G.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.Usa