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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Structural basis and evolutionary pathways of glycerol-1-phosphate transport in marine bacteria.

Ning Wang, Linda M Westermann, Mingyu Li, Chun-Yang Li, Andrew R J Murphy, Zengtian Gu, Eleonora Silvano, Claudia A Blindauer, Ian D E A Lidbury, Yu-Zhong Zhang and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ning Wang *MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, State Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing and Safety Control, College of Marine Life Sciences & Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
Linda M Westermann *School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3479-4526
Mingyu Li *School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Chun-Yang Li *MOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, State Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing and Safety Control, College of Marine Life Sciences & Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1151-4897
Andrew R J MurphySchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6586-2363
Zengtian GuState Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Eleonora SilvanoSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-4945-7664
Claudia A BlindauerDepartment of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8396-9332
Ian D E A LidburyMolecular Microbiology: Biochemistry to Disease, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7190-315X
Yu-Zhong ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, State Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing and Safety Control, College of Marine Life Sciences & Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2017-1005
David J ScanlanSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3093-4245
Yin ChenSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-0367-4276

Funding

EC | European Research Council (ERC) 726116EC | European Research Council (ERC) 883551NSF of china 32330001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All cells use lipid membranes to maintain cellular integrity and function, though Archaea utilize lipids composed of glycerol-1-phosphate (G1P), while Bacteria and Eukaryotes use glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P). Given that Archaea contribute significantly to global marine biomass, accounting for 0.3 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon in the oceans, we aimed to uncover how archaeal G1P is recycled by marine microorganisms. Through a multidisciplinary approach combining microbiology, biochemistry, and structural biology, we identified a G1P transporter in marine bacteria, which we named GpxB. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that GpxB belongs to the organic phosphonate transporter (PhnT) family and is widely distributed in the marine microbiome, found in approximately 5 to 10% of microbial cells in surface marine waters. Strikingly, we also identified a second G1P transporter, UgpB, that is known to transport G3P and belongs to the carbohydrate uptake transporter-1 (CUT1) family, in the model bacterium

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Aquatic OrganismsBacteriaBacterial ProteinsGlycerophosphatesBiological TransportEvolution, MolecularMembrane Transport ProteinsPhylogenySeawateralpha-glycerophosphoric acidBacterial ProteinsGlycerophosphatesMembrane Transport Proteinsglycerol-1-phosphateglycerol-3-phosphatemarine bacteriaPhaeobacter sp. MED193

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PMCPMC12718374

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