2024
Identification of the potassium-binding site in serotonin transporter
Hellsberg E, Boytsov D, Chen Q, Niello M, Freissmuth M, Rudnick G, Zhang Y, Sandtner W, Forrest L. Identification of the potassium-binding site in serotonin transporter. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2319384121. PMID: 38652746, PMCID: PMC11067047, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2319384121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerotonin transporterSite-directed mutagenesis of residuesMutagenesis of residuesSite-directed mutagenesisHeterologous expression systemStudy of vesiclesNa2 siteClearance of serotoninPatch-clamp recordingsExpression systemBinding residuesSequential bindingMolecular dynamics simulationsBinding sitesPotassium binding siteSubstrate accumulationClamp recordingsVesiclesResiduesTurnover rateBindingStructural studiesChemical gradientsBinding configurationsSynaptic cleft
2010
Reconstructing a Chloride-binding Site in a Bacterial Neurotransmitter Transporter Homologue*
Tavoulari S, Rizwan AN, Forrest LR, Rudnick G. Reconstructing a Chloride-binding Site in a Bacterial Neurotransmitter Transporter Homologue*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2010, 286: 2834-2842. PMID: 21115480, PMCID: PMC3024779, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.186064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChloride-binding siteConformational changesAdjacent binding sitesSingle point mutationProkaryotic homologuesSubstrate translocationIon-binding sitesTransporter homologueTransport proteinsNeurotransmitter transportersNeurotransmitter transportPoint mutationsBinding sitesHomologuesProteinMutationsCl(-) bindsDirect evidenceTherapeutic drugsSitesDependent formTranslocationTransportersBindsResidues