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The ATP-binding cassette transporter ABCA4: structural and functional properties and role in retinal disease.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2010
Tsybovsky Yaroslav, Molday Robert S, Palczewski Krzysztof
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ATP-binding cassette transporters (ABC transporters) utilize the energy of ATP hydrolysis to translocate an unusually diverse set of substrates across cellular membranes. ABCA4, also known as ABCR, is a approximately 250 kDa single-chain ABC transporter localized to the disk margins of vertebrate photoreceptor outer segments. It is composed of two symmetrically organized halves, each comprising six...
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