Autoinhibition and activation mechanisms of the eukaryotic lipid flippase Drs2p-Cdc50p

The heterodimeric eukaryotic Drs2p-Cdc50p complex is a lipid flippase that maintains cell membrane asymmetry and its autoinhibition is released by PI4P binding. Here authors show cryo-EM structures of Drs2p-Cdc50p in apo and PI4P-activated form which reveal the structural changes upon PI4P binding.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lin Bai, Amanda Kovach, Qinglong You, Hao-Chi Hsu, Gongpu Zhao, Huilin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12191-9