2018
Structural elements required for coupling ion and substrate transport in the neurotransmitter transporter homolog LeuT
Zhang YW, Tavoulari S, Sinning S, Aleksandrova AA, Forrest LR, Rudnick G. Structural elements required for coupling ion and substrate transport in the neurotransmitter transporter homolog LeuT. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: e8854-e8862. PMID: 30181291, PMCID: PMC6156673, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1716870115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransporter domainConformational changesOpen stateSodium symporter familyIon-substrate couplingTransmembrane ion gradientsSymporter familyNSS transportersSubstrate bindingLeuTIntracellular substratesCysteine accessibilitySubstrate transportAccessibility of substrateTyrosine residuesConformational responseNa2 siteUncoupled movementIon gradientsExtracellular pathwaysMechanistic componentsTransportersProteinTransport of ionsBinding
1985
Effects of monovalent cations on Semliki Forest virus entry into BHK-21 cells.
Helenius A, Kielian M, Wellsteed J, Mellman I, Rudnick G. Effects of monovalent cations on Semliki Forest virus entry into BHK-21 cells. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1985, 260: 5691-5697. PMID: 3988769, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)89078-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSemliki Forest virusEndosome membraneViral envelopeBaby hamster kidney cellsMammalian cellsEndosomal membranesLow endosomalBHK-21 cellsHamster kidney cellsVirus endocytosisIntact cellsConformational changesEndosomesPrelysosomal endosomesViral spike glycoproteinVirus fusionKidney cellsAcidic endosomal pHViral RNAVoltage-sensitive probeEndocytosisVirus entryEndosomal pHCellsSpike glycoprotein