A family of related ATP-binding subunits coupled to many distinct biological processes in bacteria - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1986 Oct;323(6087):448-50.

doi: 10.1038/323448a0.

C F Higgins et al. Nature. 1986 Oct.

Abstract

Many biological processes are coupled to ATP hydrolysis. We describe here a class of closely related ATP-binding proteins, from several bacterial species, which are associated with a variety of cellular functions including membrane transport, cell division, nodulation in Rhizobium and haemolysin export. These proteins comprise a family of structurally and functionally related subunits which share a common evolutionary origin, bind ATP and probably serve to couple ATP hydrolysis to each of these biological processes. This finding suggests a specific role for ATP in cell division, nodulation during nitrogen fixation and protein export, and allows us to assign a probable function to one of the protein components from each of these systems.

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