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Cellular life depends on transport and communication across membranes, which is emphasized by the fact that membrane proteins are prime drug targets. The cell-like environment of membrane proteins has gained increasing attention based on its important role in function and regulation. As a versatile scaffold for bottom-up synthetic biology and nanoscience, giant liposomes represent minimalistic models of living cells. Nevertheless, the incorporation of fragile multiprotein membrane complexes still remains a major challenge. Here, we report on an approach for the functional reconstitution of membrane assemblies exemplified by human and bacterial ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. We reveal that these nanomachineries transport substrates unidirectionally against a steep concentration gradient. Active substrate transport can be spatiotemporally resolved in single cell-like compartments by light, enabling real-time tracking of substrate export and import in individual liposomes. This approach will help to construct delicate artificial cell-like systems.
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