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
2008
Mechanism for alternating access in neurotransmitter transporters
Forrest LR, Zhang YW, Jacobs MT, Gesmonde J, Xie L, Honig BH, Rudnick G. Mechanism for alternating access in neurotransmitter transporters. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 10338-10343. PMID: 18647834, PMCID: PMC2480614, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804659105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurotransmitter transportersMammalian neurotransmitter transportersMammalian serotonin transporterTransmembrane helix 1Bacterial homologueIon-binding sitesTransporter familyExtensive mutagenesisHelix 1Similar repeatsLeuTConformational changesSerotonin transporterRepeatsAlternate conformationConformational differencesExtracellular pathwaysCytoplasmTransportersExtracellular spaceCysteine reagentCrystal structureConformationPathwayAccessibility measurements
1998
Bioenergetics of Neurotransmitter Transport
Rudnick G. Bioenergetics of Neurotransmitter Transport. Journal Of Bioenergetics And Biomembranes 1998, 30: 173-185. PMID: 9672239, DOI: 10.1023/a:1020573325823.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsSynaptic vesicle membranePlasma membrane transportersRecycling of neurotransmittersGene familyVesicle lumenPlasma membraneMembrane transportersNeurotransmitter transportersVesicle membraneNeurotransmitter transportVesicular transportersAmino acidsTransportersCoupling stoichiometryDownhill movementCytoplasmEssential componentUphill transportFamilyMembraneEffluxBioenergeticsImportant drugsProteinInflux[16] Ion-coupled neurotransmitter transport: Thermodynamic vs. kinetic determinations of stoichiometry
Rudnick G. [16] Ion-coupled neurotransmitter transport: Thermodynamic vs. kinetic determinations of stoichiometry. Methods In Enzymology 1998, 296: 233-247. PMID: 9779452, DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(98)96018-9.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsNumber of ionsKinetic determinationMolecular machinesCharge movesIonsLipid bilayersNeurotransmitter moleculesMoleculesInput of energySteady-state distributionLow concentrationsChargeElectrical potentialMembraneIon gradientsStoichiometryHigh concentrationsUltimate concentrationNaConcentrationEnergyBilayersNeurotransmitter transportersNumber of NaNeurotransmitter transport
1993
From synapse to vesicle: The reuptake and storage of biogenic amine neurotransmitters
Rudnick G, Clark J. From synapse to vesicle: The reuptake and storage of biogenic amine neurotransmitters. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1993, 1144: 249-263. PMID: 8104483, DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(93)90109-s.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsPresynaptic plasma membraneBiogenic amine neurotransmittersEndogenous regulatory mechanismsSynaptic transmitter levelsPlasma membraneIndividual proteinsRegulatory mechanismsTransport systemMolecular levelSynaptic vesiclesAmine neurotransmittersIon gradientsTransportersVesiclesCDNARapid progressProteinNeurotransmittersRegulationMechanismMembraneSynapseTransmitter levels