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Mnt (transporter, Cd2+ absorbing molecule) Mnt gene is the Mg2+/Cd2+ transporter which belongs to ABC transporters system. The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters form one of the largest known protein families, and are widespread in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. They couple ATP hydrolysis to active transport. The structure of a prokaryotic ABC transporter usually consists of three components; typically two integral membrane proteins each having six transmembrane segments, two peripheral proteins that bind and hydrolyze ATP, and a periplasmic (or lipoprotein) substrate-binding protein. Many of the genes for the three components form operons as in fact observed in many bacterial and archaeal genomes.

• ZHIQI HAO,1 SHAOLIN CHEN,1 AND DAVID B. WILSON1,2, Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Cadmium and Manganese Uptake Genes from Lactobacillus plantarum, APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY,Nov. 1999, p. 4746–4752 Vol. 65, No. 11

Sequence and Features