The Role of External Loop Regions in Serotonin Transport LOOP SCANNING MUTAGENESIS OF THE SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER EXTERNAL DOMAIN*
Smicun Y, Campbell S, Chen M, Gu H, Rudnick G. The Role of External Loop Regions in Serotonin Transport LOOP SCANNING MUTAGENESIS OF THE SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER EXTERNAL DOMAIN*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 36058-36064. PMID: 10593887, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36058.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChimeric transportersWild type SERTExternal loop 4High affinity cocaine analogSubsequent conformational changesExternal loop regionsTransmembrane segmentsInitial binding stepScanning mutagenesisWild typeExternal loopLigand bindingSerotonin transporterMutantsConformational changesLoop 4Loop regionConformational flexibilityTransportersCorresponding sequenceBinding stepExternal domainNorepinephrine transporterActivity 5NET substrate