title: Characterization and analysis of conserved motifs in a peroxisomal ATP-binding cassette transporter.
abstract: The adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ALDP) and the 70-kDa peroxisomal membrane protein are half ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in the human peroxisome membrane. Both are implicated in genetic disorders of peroxisome biogenesis and function. Proteins homologous to ALDP and the 70-kDa peroxisomal membrane protein have been discovered in other eukaryotic organisms and form a growing group of peroxisomal half ABC transporters. Amino acid sequence alignment of these and other ABC transporters reveals several protein motifs that are highly conserved both in sequence and location. Here we characterize two of these, designated the EAA-like and the loop1 motifs. We study them by introducing missense mutations in Pxa1p, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae ortholog of ALDP, and show that both motifs are important for Pxa1p function. Interestingly, missense mutations in corresponding amino acids in ALDP cause adrenoleukodystrophy in humans. We conclude that these motifs are important for ABC transporter function and that the yeast protein Pxa1p is a useful system for understanding the molecular basis of adrenoleukodystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sapag
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valle
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D008830:Microbodies / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D017354:Point Mutation; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D017931:DNA Primers; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C098338:PXA1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins