A family of related ATP-binding subunits coupled to many distinct biological processes in bacteria
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 323 (6087), 448-450
- https://doi.org/10.1038/323448a0
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.Keywords
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