Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33929325›Full record

ArticleeLife2021

De novo macrocyclic peptides dissect energy coupling of a heterodimeric ABC transporter by multimode allosteric inhibition.

Erich Stefan, Richard Obexer, Susanne Hofmann, Khanh Vu Huu, Yichao Huang, Nina Morgner, Hiroaki Suga, Robert Tampé

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance: Innovative Drugs in Antibacterial Research.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. A macrocyclic peptide inhibitor traps MRP1 in a catalytically incompetent conformation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
    Article
  11. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Erich Stefan *Institute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Richard Obexer *Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Susanne HofmannInstitute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Khanh Vu HuuInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Yichao HuangDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Nina MorgnerInstitute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1872-490X
Hiroaki SugaDepartment of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Robert TampéInstitute of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0403-2160
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

European Research Council 789121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters constitute the largest family of primary active transporters involved in a multitude of physiological processes and human diseases. Despite considerable efforts, it remains unclear how ABC transporters harness the chemical energy of ATP to drive substrate transport across cell membranes. Here, by random nonstandard peptide integrated discovery (RaPID), we leveraged combinatorial macrocyclic peptides that target a heterodimeric ABC transport complex and explore fundamental principles of the substrate translocation cycle. High-affinity peptidic macrocycles bind conformationally selective and display potent multimode inhibitory effects. The macrocycles block the transporter either before or after unidirectional substrate export along a single conformational switch induced by ATP binding. Our study reveals mechanistic principles of ATP binding, conformational switching, and energy transduction for substrate transport of ABC export systems. We highlight the potential of de novo macrocycles as effective inhibitors for membrane proteins implicated in multidrug resistance, providing avenues for the next generation of pharmaceuticals.

Indexed as

Energy MetabolismAdenosine TriphosphateAllosteric SiteATP-Binding Cassette TransportersCell MembranePeptide LibraryPeptidesAdenosine TriphosphateATP-Binding Cassette TransportersPeptide LibraryPeptidesantibioticsbiochemistrychemical biologycombinatorial chemistryconformational dynamicsE. coliligand-protein interactionmembrane proteintransporter

Identifiers

PMID33929325
PMCPMC8116058
OpenAlexW3158152080

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.