Structural and functional studies of sugar abc transporters in thermophiles

Abstract

The uptake of nutrients including carbohydrates metal ions amino acids and peptides are required for many biological processes Bacterial cell scavenges these essential nutrients from microenvironments for their survival It utilizes a myriad of mechanisms to acquire these essential nutrients from the extracellular environment One of the mechanisms involves the use of several transport proteins such as ATP binding cassette ABC transporters to import and export the substrates ABC transpo...