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Cryo-EM structures of human ABCB7 reveal the molecular basis of mitochondrial matrix heme export.
Communications biology - 9 May 2026
Ju Seulgi, Choi Seung Hun, Lee Hyeon You, Jin Mi Sun
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ATP-binding cassette transporter subfamily B member 7 (ABCB7) is a mitochondrial ATP-driven pump essential for cytosolic iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biogenesis and cellular iron homeostasis. Mutations in ABCB7 are linked to X-linked sideroblastic anemia with ataxia (XLSA/A). Here, we demonstrate that the ATPase activity of ABCB7 is stimulated by iron and cobalt protoporphyrin IX (hemin and CoPP) in the presence of...
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