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. 2014 Apr;143(4):419–435. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201411164

Figure 9.

Figure 9.

Possible transport mechanism of ECF transporters (Type III importers) based on the available structures (A) and in schematic representation (B). Structures have been determined of the nucleotide- and substrate-free transporter (ECF-HmpT, Protein Data Bank accession no. 4HZU, is shown here; see Table 1 for details of all available structures of ABC transporters). The S-component (orange) is predicted to rotate in the membrane (“topple over”) to bring the substrate from the trans-side to the cis-side.