Regulation of phospholipid distribution in the lipid bilayer by flippases and scramblases

T Sakuragi, S Nagata - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Cellular membranes function as permeability barriers that separate cells from the external
environment or partition cells into distinct compartments. These membranes are lipid …

Structure and function of ABCA4 and its role in the visual cycle and Stargardt macular degeneration

RS Molday, FA Garces, JF Scortecci… - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2022 - Elsevier
ABCA4 is a member of the superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters that is
preferentially localized along the rim region of rod and cone photoreceptor outer segment …

Transport cycle of plasma membrane flippase ATP11C by cryo-EM

H Nakanishi, T Nishizawa, K Segawa, O Nureki… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
ATP11C, a plasma membrane phospholipid flippase, maintains the asymmetric distribution
of phosphatidylserine accumulated in the inner leaflet. Caspase-dependent inactivation of …

Cryo-EM structures of the ABCA4 importer reveal mechanisms underlying substrate binding and Stargardt disease

JF Scortecci, LL Molday, SB Curtis, FA Garces… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
ABCA4 is an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter that flips N-retinylidene-
phosphatidylethanolamine (N-Ret-PE) from the lumen to the cytoplasmic leaflet of …

The tertiary structure of the human Xkr8–Basigin complex that scrambles phospholipids at plasma membranes

T Sakuragi, R Kanai, A Tsutsumi, H Narita… - Nature Structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
Xkr8–Basigin is a plasma membrane phospholipid scramblase activated by kinases or
caspases. We combined cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography to investigate its structure at an …

Phosphatidylserine exposure in living cells

HW Shin, H Takatsu - Critical reviews in biochemistry and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
P4-ATPases, a subfamily of P-type ATPases, translocate cell membrane phospholipids from
the exoplasmic/luminal leaflet to the cytoplasmic leaflet to generate and maintain membrane …

A sublethal ATP11A mutation associated with neurological deterioration causes aberrant phosphatidylcholine flipping in plasma membranes

K Segawa, A Kikuchi, T Noji, Y Sugiura… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
ATP11A translocates phosphatidylserine (PtdSer), but not phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho),
from the outer to the inner leaflet of plasma membranes, thereby maintaining the asymmetric …

Structure and transport mechanism of P5B-ATPases

P Li, K Wang, N Salustros, C Grønberg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In human cells, P5B-ATPases execute the active export of physiologically important
polyamines such as spermine from lysosomes to the cytosol, a function linked to a palette of …

Transport mechanism of P4 ATPase phosphatidylcholine flippases

L Bai, Q You, BK Jain, HD Duan, A Kovach, TR Graham… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
The P4 ATPases use ATP hydrolysis to transport large lipid substrates across lipid bilayers.
The structures of the endosome-and Golgi-localized phosphatidylserine flippases—such as …

Cryo-EM reveals mechanistic insights into lipid-facilitated polyamine export by human ATP13A2

A Tomita, T Daiho, T Kusakizako, K Yamashita… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
The cytoplasmic polyamine maintains cellular homeostasis by chelating toxic metal cations,
regulating transcriptional activity, and protecting DNA. ATP13A2 was identified as a …