2016
A Novel Di-Leucine Motif at the N-Terminus of Human Organic Solute Transporter Beta Is Essential for Protein Association and Membrane Localization
Xu S, Soroka CJ, Sun AQ, Backos DS, Mennone A, Suchy FJ, Boyer JL. A Novel Di-Leucine Motif at the N-Terminus of Human Organic Solute Transporter Beta Is Essential for Protein Association and Membrane Localization. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0158269. PMID: 27351185, PMCID: PMC4924846, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane localizationAlpha subunitBeta subunitDileucine motifPlasma membrane localizationDi-leucine motifExtracellular N-terminal regionCo-immunoprecipitation studiesBasolateral membrane localizationN-terminal regionSite-directed mutagenesisAA mutantProtein associationBeta mutantsN-terminusMultiple speciesPhysical associationMembrane biotinylationHEK293 cellsSubunitsAA mutationsMembrane expressionAlpha/betaMutantsMotif
2012
A C‐terminal tyrosine‐based motif in the bile salt export pump directs clathrin‐dependent endocytosis
Lam P, Xu S, Soroka CJ, Boyer JL. A C‐terminal tyrosine‐based motif in the bile salt export pump directs clathrin‐dependent endocytosis. Hepatology 2012, 55: 1901-1911. PMID: 22161577, PMCID: PMC3319652, DOI: 10.1002/hep.25523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTyrosine-based motifNucleotide-binding domainEndocytic motifTransmembrane segmentsCanonical tyrosine-based motifTyrosine-based endocytic motifCytoplasmic nucleotide-binding domainsClathrin-dependent pathwayClathrin-dependent endocytosisRegulation of traffickingBroad substrate specificitySite-directed mutagenesisATP-dependent transportHEK293T cellsCytoplasmic terminiEndocytosis motifCassette proteinSubsequent sequence analysisTerminal tailSubstrate specificityConstitutive internalizationReporter systemSequence analysisBile salt export pumpTerminal end