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
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