BtuCD is an ABC transporter catalyzing the uptake of vitamin B₁₂ across the Escherichia coli inner membrane. A previously reported X-ray structure of BtuCD in complex with the periplasmic vitamin B₁₂-binding protein BtuF revealed asymmetry of the transmembrane BtuC subunits. The functional relevance of this asymmetry has remained uncertain. Here we report the X-ray structure of a catalytically impaired BtuCD mutant in complex with BtuF, where the BtuC subunits adopt a distinct asymmetric conformation. The structure suggests that BtuF does not discriminate between, or impose, asymmetric conformations of BtuCD. It also explains the conformational disorder observed in BtuCDF crystals.

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