EU-Funded researchers for transporter protein study

24 April 2010

EU funded the E-MEP (European Membrane Protein) project under which researchers took the initiate to study the structure of transporter protein in all three main structural states and became the first in the world to do so. The E-MEP project was financed under the “Life Sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health” and researchers took part in the EDICT (European drug initiative on channels and transporters) project under health theme of Seventh Framework Program (FP7). 

The major job of transporters protein is to move substances into and out of the human cells and therefore their study could lead to the development of a range of new drugs that could be used for treating a number of diseases and disorders. A study of transporters protein leads to many new findings on the working of these transporter fuels, which has been published in the recent issue of the Journal science. 

According to the researchers the study of all types of transporters fuel is a challenging task, as there are thousands types of transporters fuel in our body, however these transporters protein carry molecules across cell membrane by switching between three different structural states. Until and unless the entire mechanism of switching is not studies, their use for drug development is difficult. 

For the present study on Mhp1 (Microbacterium hydantoin permease 1), researchers from Japan and UK first converted the hydantoin into amino acids. The earlier way back in 2008, researchers studied the outward facing and occluded structure and the recent study on inward facing structure provide the new insights on the working of Mhp1. With the completion of the third structure researchers are now hopeful for a fast progress on the development of new drug that could lead to advance treatment for many diseases and disorders.

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