Cadmium resistance transporter

Cadmium Resistance Protein
Identifiers
Symbol CadD
Pfam PF03596
InterPro IPR004676

The cadmium resistance (CadD) protein family (TC# 2.A.77) belongs to the Lysine exporter (LysE) superfamily.[1] CadD members facilitate the export of cationic compounds such as cadmium ions.[2]

Members

Currently, many sequenced proteins comprise the CadD family. Two are close orthologues in two Staphylococcus species that have been reported to function in cadmium resistance, a fourth has been reported to function in quaternary ammonium cation export, and the fourth is a distant open reading frame (ORF) in Staphylococcus aureus.[3] These proteins are found in Gram-positive bacteria. Their mode of energy coupling has not been investigated, but is hypothesized to include a proton antiport mechanism. This family is distantly related to members of the LysE family (TC #2.A.75) and the RhtB family (TC #2.A.76). These three families, which are included in the LysE superfamily, all consist of proteins of similar sizes (about 200 residues) and topologies (6 putative transmembrane α-helical segments; 5 experimentally determined TMSs).[4]

General Transport Reaction

The probable reaction catalyzed by these proteins is:[2]

Cationic compound (in) + nH+ (out) → Cationic compound (out) + nH+ (in).

Further reading

References

  1. Tsu, Brian V.; Saier, Milton H. (2015-01-01). "The LysE Superfamily of Transport Proteins Involved in Cell Physiology and Pathogenesis". PloS One. 10 (10): e0137184. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137184. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4608589Freely accessible. PMID 26474485.
  2. 1 2 "2.A.77 The Cadmium Resistance (CadD) Family". Transporter Classification Database. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  3. Crupper, S. S.; Worrell, V.; Stewart, G. C.; Iandolo, J. J. (1999-07-01). "Cloning and expression of cadD, a new cadmium resistance gene of Staphylococcus aureus". Journal of Bacteriology. 181 (13): 4071–4075. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 93898Freely accessible. PMID 10383976.
  4. Cao, Yu; Jin, Xiangshu; Levin, Elena J.; Huang, Hua; Zong, Yinong; Quick, Matthias; Weng, Jun; Pan, Yaping; Love, James (2011-05-05). "Crystal structure of a phosphorylation-coupled saccharide transporter". Nature. 473 (7345): 50–54. doi:10.1038/nature09939. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 3201810Freely accessible. PMID 21471968.

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