Structural insights into bacterial dimethylsulfoniopropionate import by BCCT-family transporters
-coupled transport mechanism represents a broadly conserved feature of the BCCT family. Our findings provide mechanistic insights into sodium-driven substrate uptake and marine sulfur cycling.
Authors
- Haiyan Cao
- Xiu‐Lan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2991-3631)
- Wenjing Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0958-0905)
- Jonathan D. Todd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0777-9312)
- Zhao‐Jie Teng
- Motoyuki Hattori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5327-5337)
- Shen Qing-tao
- Chun-Yang Li
- Shuaimeng Liu
- Kang Li
- Hai-Tao Ding
- Ning-Hua Liu
- Peng George Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4983-9953)
- Lu-Ning Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8884-4819)
- Chang Ge
- Yu-Zhong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2017-1005)
- Qi-Long Qin
Institutions
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Polar Research Institute of China (CN)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Shandong University (CN)
- Ministry of Natural Resources (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- Norwich Research Park (GB)
- Quadram Institute (GB)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology
- Ocean University of China (CN)
- Shandong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The EMBO Journal
- Published
- 2026-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-026-00798-w
- Primary Topic
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Natural Environment Research Council