2000
Permeation and gating residues in serotonin transporter
Chen J, Rudnick G. Permeation and gating residues in serotonin transporter. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2000, 97: 1044-1049. PMID: 10655481, PMCID: PMC15515, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.3.1044.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllosteric RegulationAmino Acid SubstitutionCarrier ProteinsChloridesCocaineHumansHydrogenIon Channel GatingIon TransportIsoleucineMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMesylatesMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNerve Tissue ProteinsNorepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsOxidation-ReductionPotassiumProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsReducing AgentsSerotoninSerotonin Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSodiumSulfhydryl CompoundsSymportersConceptsSubstrate permeation pathway
1999
The Role of External Loop Regions in Serotonin Transport LOOP SCANNING MUTAGENESIS OF THE SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER EXTERNAL DOMAIN*
Smicun Y, Campbell S, Chen M, Gu H, Rudnick G. The Role of External Loop Regions in Serotonin Transport LOOP SCANNING MUTAGENESIS OF THE SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER EXTERNAL DOMAIN*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 36058-36064. PMID: 10593887, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChimeric transportersWild type SERTExternal loop 4High affinity cocaine analogSubsequent conformational changesExternal loop regionsTransmembrane segmentsInitial binding stepScanning mutagenesisWild typeExternal loopLigand bindingSerotonin transporterMutantsConformational changesLoop 4Loop regionConformational flexibilityTransportersCorresponding sequenceBinding stepExternal domainNorepinephrine transporterActivity 5NET substrate
1997
An Extracellular Loop Region of the Serotonin Transporter May Be Involved in the Translocation Mechanism †
Stephan M, Chen M, Penado K, Rudnick G. An Extracellular Loop Region of the Serotonin Transporter May Be Involved in the Translocation Mechanism †. Biochemistry 1997, 36: 1322-1328. PMID: 9063880, DOI: 10.1021/bi962150l.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarge extracellular loopChimeric transportersWild typeWild type SERTExtracellular loopCocaine analog 2beta-carbomethoxy-3betaCell surface biotinylationWild-type levelsSubstrate translocationExtracellular loop regionSurface biotinylationTranslocation mechanismSerotonin transporterHomologous familyType levelsConformational changesLoop regionRestriction sitesTransportersPoor expressionSubstituted regionsSynaptic cleftDrug bindingSame specificityHigh affinity