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
2014
Molecular Motions Involved in Na-K-Cl Cotransporter-mediated Ion Transport and Transporter Activation Revealed by Internal Cross-linking between Transmembrane Domains 10 and 11/12*
Monette MY, Somasekharan S, Forbush B. Molecular Motions Involved in Na-K-Cl Cotransporter-mediated Ion Transport and Transporter Activation Revealed by Internal Cross-linking between Transmembrane Domains 10 and 11/12*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2014, 289: 7569-7579. PMID: 24451383, PMCID: PMC3953270, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.542258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBinding SitesCell LineChloridesCopperCross-Linking ReagentsDisulfidesHomeostasisHumansIon TransportIonsKineticsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutationPhenanthrolinesPhosphorylationProtein Structure, TertiaryRubidium RadioisotopesSequence Homology, Amino AcidSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersSolute Carrier Family 12, Member 2ConceptsTransmembrane domain 10Domain 10Copper phenanthrolineLarge C terminusNa-K-Cl cotransporterRegulatory domainCysteine pairsC-terminusN-terminusDephosphorylation rateTransporter activationDisulfide formationIon transportHomology modelNKCC activationInhibition of transportTransport functionLow micromolar concentrationsSame transporterCross-link formationActivation statePhosphorylationTerminusTransportersOcclusion step
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 ResearchConceptsNa-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
Mutagenic Mapping of the Na-K-Cl Cotransporter for Domains Involved in Ion Transport and Bumetanide Binding
Isenring P, Jacoby S, Chang J, Forbush B. Mutagenic Mapping of the Na-K-Cl Cotransporter for Domains Involved in Ion Transport and Bumetanide Binding. The Journal Of General Physiology 1998, 112: 549-558. PMID: 9806964, PMCID: PMC2229443, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.112.5.549.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesBumetanideCarrier ProteinsCells, CulturedChloridesDiureticsHumansKidneyKineticsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOligonucleotide ProbesPotassiumProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRubidium RadioisotopesSharksSodiumSodium-Potassium-Chloride SymportersSpecies SpecificityThe 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