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ArticleNature2026

LetA defines a structurally distinct transporter family.

Cristina C Santarossa, Yupeng Li, Sara Yousef, Hale S Hasdemir, Carlos C Rodriguez, Max A B Haase, Minkyung Baek, Nicolas Coudray, John G Pavek, Kimber N Focke and 8 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Cristina C SantarossaDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yupeng LiTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4057-532X
Sara YousefDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hale S HasdemirTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9191-6062
Carlos C RodriguezTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Max A B HaaseDepartment of Mechanistic Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8962-0446
Minkyung BaekDepartment of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3414-9404
Nicolas CoudrayDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
John G PavekDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Kimber N FockeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Annika L SilverbergDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Carmelita BautistaCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
Johannes T-H YehCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
Michael T MartyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8115-1772
David BakerInstitute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7896-6217
Emad TajkhorshidTheoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Visualization, Department of Biochemistry, and Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8434-1010
Damian C EkiertDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. damian.ekiert@be-labs.org.ORCID 0000-0002-2570-0404
Gira BhabhaDepartment of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. gira.bhabha@be-labs.org.ORCID 0000-0003-0624-6178

Funding

Single-Cell Biology Shared ResourceP30CA045508 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI David A Tuveson · 1987 to 2026
$118.9M
Vaccine FacilityP30CA016087 · NCI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MARK Reid PHILIPS · 1985 to 2026
$83.1M
NCCAT: National Center for CryoEM Access and Training- Supplement for Windows 10 and FFIU24GM129539 · NIGMS · NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER · PI DE MARCO, ALEX, KIEFT, JEFFREY S · 2018 to 2023
$53.9M
Pacific Northwest Center for Cryo-EM: Equipment SupplementR24GM154185 · NIGMS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI James E Evans, CLAUDIA SUSANA LOPEZ · 2024 to 2026
$21.5M
NCCAT: National Center for CryoEM Access and TrainingR24GM154192 · NIGMS · NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER · PI EDWARD T ENG, Jeffrey S Kieft · 2024 to 2026
$21.0M
Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and VisualizationR24GM145965 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Emad Tajkhorshid · 2022 to 2026
$6.2M
Unravelling lipid trafficking for the bacterial outer membraneR35GM128777 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Damian Ekiert · 2018 to 2026
$4.1M
Transport Cycle and Inhibition of Human Na+-dicarboxylate Cotransporter NaDC3R01NS108151 · NINDS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DANENG WANG · 2018 to 2026
$4.1M
Unravelling Membrane Protein-Lipid Interactions using Nanodiscs and Mass SpectrometryR35GM128624 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Michael T Marty · 2018 to 2026
$3.6M
Molecular mechanism of Na+ -coupled HCO3- transporters: transport of CO3= and CO2R01DK128315 · NIDDK · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI BORON, WALTER F, TAJKHORSHID, EMAD · 2021 to 2024
$2.7M
Structure and function of the LetA lipid transport family across bacteria and eukaryotesK99GM157496 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SANTAROSSA, CRISTINA · 2024 to 2025
$250k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016087NCI NIH HHS P30 CA045508NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128315NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM157496NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM145965NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM154185NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM154192NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128624NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128777NIGMS NIH HHS U24 GM129539NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS108151
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane transport proteins translocate diverse cargos, ranging from small sugars to entire proteins, across cellular membranes

Indexed as

Escherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsBacterial ProteinsBiological TransportCell MembraneMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein DomainsBacterial ProteinsCcdA protein, BacteriaEscherichia coli ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsYebT protein, E coli

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PMID41565823
PMCPMC13017536

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