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From: Characterization of the substrate binding site of an iron detoxifying membrane transporter from Plasmodium falciparum

Fig. 2

Structural model of the P. falciparum vacuolar iron transporter PfVIT. a The PfVIT structural model as viewed parallel to the plane of the interior compartment membrane, the boundaries of which are represented by grey rectangles. The protomers of the homodimeric structure are represented as ribbon structures and coloured magenta and green. The transmembrane domain (TMD) and cytoplasmic metal binding domain (MBD) are indicated and the individual helices of each are labelled TM1-TM5 and H1-H3, respectively, on one of the protomers. The N-and C-termini of the protein are located on the cytoplasmic and lumenal sides of the membrane, respectively. b Arrangement of the transmembrane spanning helices of the PfVIT structural model viewed from the lumenal side of the membrane

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