2001
The NH2-terminus of Norepinephrine Transporter Contains a Basolateral Localization Signal for Epithelial Cells
Gu H, Wu X, Giros B, Caron M, Caplan M, Rudnick G. The NH2-terminus of Norepinephrine Transporter Contains a Basolateral Localization Signal for Epithelial Cells. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2001, 12: 3797-3807. PMID: 11739781, PMCID: PMC60756, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.12.3797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell LineCell PolarityDogsDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsEpithelial CellsHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNerve Tissue ProteinsNorepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsProtein Sorting SignalsSequence AlignmentSymportersConceptsBasolateral localization signalLocalization signalDileucine motifPlasma membraneBasolateral localizationOverall amino acid sequence identityAmino acid sequence identityTerminal regionMDCK cellsApical plasma membraneBasolateral membraneEpithelial cellsSequence identityApical localizationChimeric proteinTransport assaysTransporter localizationAmino acidsApical membraneNorepinephrine transporterTransportersCorresponding sequenceDopamine transporterSame mutationMembrane
1999
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