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
1996
Ion Coupling Stoichiometry for the Norepinephrine Transporter in Membrane Vesicles from Stably Transfected Cells (∗)
Gu H, Wall S, Rudnick G. Ion Coupling Stoichiometry for the Norepinephrine Transporter in Membrane Vesicles from Stably Transfected Cells (∗). Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1996, 271: 6911-6916. PMID: 8636118, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.12.6911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane vesiclesTransmembrane ion gradientsLLC-PK1 cellsMajor substrateTransport substratesTransfected CellsStably Transfected CellsIon gradientsCoupling stoichiometryNet positive chargeDA accumulationVesiclesSubstrate moleculesTransportersNorepinephrine transporterAccumulationCellsGamma-aminobutyric acidCotransportDAGradientStoichiometrySubstrateAbsenceTransport processes
1982
Coupling of transmembrane proton gradients to platelet serotonin transport.
Keyes S, Rudnick G. Coupling of transmembrane proton gradients to platelet serotonin transport. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1982, 257: 1172-1176. PMID: 7056713, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)68170-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membrane vesiclesSerotonin transportTransmembrane proton gradientPlatelet plasma membraneTransmembrane ion gradientsApparent competitionPlasma membraneMembrane vesiclesProton gradientIon gradientsSerotonin accumulationSole driving forceVesiclesAccumulationSerotonin transporterPH differencePhysiological pHTransportersTransportPH stimulationMembraneGradient