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	'''A'''TP '''B'''inding '''C'''assette (ABC) '''[[Transporters]]''' are ATP-dependent membrane proteins critical for most aspects of cell physiology, including the uptake of nutrients (importers) and elimination of waste products and energy generation (exporters) which are predominantly expressed in excretory organs, such as the liver, intestine, blood-brain barrier, blood-testes barrier, placenta, and kidney<ref name="Kidney"/><ref name="FourDomainsABCT"/>. There are many ABC Transporters in organisms, for instance, there are 28 in Saccharomyces,58 in Caenorhabditis, 51 in Drosophila,129 in Arabadopsis,and the 69 ABC transporters in E. coli account for almost 5% of its genomic coding capacity<ref name="EColi"/>.		'''A'''TP '''B'''inding '''C'''assette (ABC) '''[[Transporters]]''' are ATP-dependent membrane proteins critical for most aspects of cell physiology, including the uptake of nutrients ('''importers''') and elimination of waste products and energy generation (exporters) which are predominantly expressed in excretory organs, such as the liver, intestine, blood-brain barrier, blood-testes barrier, placenta, and kidney<ref name="Kidney"/><ref name="FourDomainsABCT"/>. There are many ABC Transporters in organisms, for instance, there are 28 in Saccharomyces,58 in Caenorhabditis, 51 in Drosophila,129 in Arabadopsis,and the 69 ABC transporters in E. coli account for almost 5% of its genomic coding capacity<ref name="EColi"/>.