2021
The structural basis of function and regulation of neuronal cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2
Zhang S, Zhou J, Zhang Y, Liu T, Friedel P, Zhuo W, Somasekharan S, Roy K, Zhang L, Liu Y, Meng X, Deng H, Zeng W, Li G, Forbush B, Yang M. The structural basis of function and regulation of neuronal cotransporters NKCC1 and KCC2. Communications Biology 2021, 4: 226. PMID: 33597714, PMCID: PMC7889885, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01750-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCryo-electron microscopy structureHuman NKCC1Microscopy structureEssential residuesFunctional characterizationKCC transportersPlasma membraneStructural basisTransepithelial saltTransport activityMechanistic understandingTransportersStructural studiesCritical roleCotransporter NKCC1Computational analysisIon transportWater transportNeuronal excitabilityNKCC1PhosphorylationCell volumeNKCCKCC2Residues
2001
Ion transport and ligand binding by the Na–K–Cl cotransporter, structure–function studies
Isenring P, Forbush B. Ion transport and ligand binding by the Na–K–Cl cotransporter, structure–function studies. Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology 2001, 130: 487-497. PMID: 11913460, DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(01)00420-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHumansIon TransportLigandsMutagenesisSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterK-Cl cotransporterCation-Cl(-) cotransportersC-terminusStructure-function studiesGroups of residuesTransmembrane segmentsMutational approachAnimal cellsCentral domainVariant residuesLigand bindingIon transportDistinct carriersNa-Cl cotransporterResiduesSpecies differencesCotransporterBindingLoop diureticsAnion transportAvailable sulfhydryl groupsSulfhydryl groupsMovement of NaDifferent substrates
1998
The role of transmembrane domain 2 in cation transport by the Na–K–Cl cotransporter
Isenring P, Jacoby S, Forbush B. The role of transmembrane domain 2 in cation transport by the Na–K–Cl cotransporter. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 7179-7184. PMID: 9618559, PMCID: PMC22778, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.12.7179.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa-K-Cl cotransporterBumetanide-sensitive 86Rb influxTransmembrane domain 2Na-Cl cotransporterBumetanide bindingNa-K-ClHEK-293 cellsHuman cotransportersDomain 2Third transmembrane domainCotransporterNa affinityHEK-293Stable transfectionNKCC2BumetanideCation transportTransmembrane domain 3Transmembrane domainDomain 3Alternative splicingIon transport
1995
Molecular characterization of the epithelial NaKCl cotransporter isoforms
Payne J, Forbush B. Molecular characterization of the epithelial NaKCl cotransporter isoforms. Current Opinion In Cell Biology 1995, 7: 493-503. PMID: 7495568, DOI: 10.1016/0955-0674(95)80005-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCarrier ProteinsChloridesEpitheliumHumansMembrane ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPotassiumSodiumSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersStructure-Activity Relationship