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Berlaga A, Kolomeisky AB. Theoretical study of active secondary transport: Unexpected differences in molecular mechanisms for antiporters and symporters. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:085102. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0082589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Successful functioning of biological cells relies on efficient translocation of different materials across cellular membranes. An important part of this transportation system is membrane channels that are known as antiporters and symporters. They exploit the energy stored as a trans-membrane gradient of one type of molecules to transport the other types of molecules against their gradients. For symporters, the directions of both fluxes for driving and driven species coincide, while for antiporters, the fluxes move in opposite directions. There are surprising experimental observations that despite differing only by the direction of transport fluxes, the molecular mechanisms of translocation adopted by antiporters and symporters seem to be drastically different. We present chemical-kinetic models to quantitatively investigate this phenomenon. Our theoretical approach allows us to explain why antiporters mostly utilize a single-site transportation when only one molecule of any type might be associated with the channel. At the same time, the transport in symporters requires two molecules of different types to be simultaneously associated with the channel. In addition, we investigate the kinetic constraints and efficiency of symporters and compare them with the same properties of antiporters. Our theoretical analysis clarifies some important physical–chemical features of cellular trans-membrane transport.
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- Alex Berlaga
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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Garcia ÍR, de Oliveira Garcia FA, Pereira PS, Coutinho HDM, Siyadatpanah A, Norouzi R, Wilairatana P, de Lourdes Pereira M, Nissapatorn V, Tintino SR, Rodrigues FFG. Microbial resistance: The role of efflux pump superfamilies and their respective substrates. Life Sci 2022; 295:120391. [PMID: 35149116 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The microorganism resistance to antibiotics has become one of the most worrying issues for science due to the difficulties related to clinical treatment and the rapid spread of diseases. Efflux pumps are classified into six groups of carrier proteins that are part of the different types of mechanisms that contribute to resistance in microorganisms, allowing their survival. The present study aimed to carry out a bibliographic review on the superfamilies of carriers in order to understand their compositions, expressions, substrates, and role in intrinsic resistance. At first, a search for manuscripts was carried out in the databases Medline, Pubmed, ScienceDirect, and Scielo, using as descriptors: efflux pump, expression, pump inhibitors and efflux superfamily. For article selection, two criteria were taken into account: for inclusion, those published between 2000 and 2020, including textbooks, and for exclusion, duplicates and academic collections. In this research, 139,615 published articles were obtained, with 312 selected articles and 7 book chapters that best met the aim. From the comprehensive analysis, it was possible to consider that the chromosomes and genetic elements can contain genes encoding efflux pumps and are responsible for multidrug resistance. Even though this is a well-explored topic in the scientific community, understanding the behavior of antibiotics as substrates that increase the expression of pump-encoding genes has challenged medicine. This review study succinctly summarizes the most relevant features of these systems, as well as their contribution to multidrug resistance.
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- Ferdows School of Paramedical and Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials & Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- School of Allied Health Sciences and Research Excellence Center for Innovation and Health, Walailak University, Thailand
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Hou Z, Gangjee A, Matherly LH. The evolving biology of the proton‐coupled folate transporter: New insights into regulation, structure, and mechanism. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22164. [PMID: 35061292 PMCID: PMC8978580 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101704r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The human proton‐coupled folate transporter (PCFT; SLC46A1) or hPCFT was identified in 2006 as the principal folate transporter involved in the intestinal absorption of dietary folates. A rare autosomal recessive hereditary folate malabsorption syndrome is attributable to human SLC46A1 variants. The recognition that hPCFT was highly expressed in many tumors stimulated substantial interest in its potential for cytotoxic drug targeting, taking advantage of its high‐level transport activity under acidic pH conditions that characterize many tumors and its modest expression in most normal tissues. To better understand the basis for variations in hPCFT levels between tissues including human tumors, studies have examined the transcriptional regulation of hPCFT including the roles of CpG hypermethylation and critical transcription factors and cis elements. Additional focus involved identifying key structural and functional determinants of hPCFT transport that, combined with homology models based on structural homologies to the bacterial transporters GlpT and LacY, have enabled new structural and mechanistic insights. Recently, cryo‐electron microscopy structures of chicken PCFT in a substrate‐free state and in complex with the antifolate pemetrexed were reported, providing further structural insights into determinants of (anti)folate recognition and the mechanism of pH‐regulated (anti)folate transport by PCFT. Like many major facilitator proteins, hPCFT exists as a homo‐oligomer, and evidence suggests that homo‐oligomerization of hPCFT monomeric proteins may be important for its intracellular trafficking and/or transport function. Better understanding of the structure, function and regulation of hPCFT should facilitate the rational development of new therapeutic strategies for conditions associated with folate deficiency, as well as cancer.
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- Zhanjun Hou
- Molecular Therapeutics Program Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Detroit Michigan USA
- Department of Oncology Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit Michigan USA
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Duquesne University Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA
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- Molecular Therapeutics Program Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute Detroit Michigan USA
- Department of Oncology Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit Michigan USA
- Department of Pharmacology Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit Michigan USA
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Yamakita A, Liu Y, Futai M, Iwamoto-Kihara A. The carboxyl-terminal helical domain of the ATP synthase γ subunit is involved in ε subunit conformation and energy coupling. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2019; 1860:361-368. [PMID: 30876890 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2019.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The γ subunit located at the center of ATP synthase (FOF1) plays critical roles in catalysis. Escherichia coli mutant with Pro substitution of the γ subunit residue γLeu218, which are located the rotor shaft near the c subunit ring, decreased NADH-driven ATP synthesis activity and ATP hydrolysis-dependent H+ transport of membranes to ~60% and ~40% of the wild type, respectively, without affecting FOF1 assembly. Consistently, the mutant was defective in growth by oxidative phosphorylation, indicating that energy coupling is impaired by the mutation. The ε subunit conformations in the γLeu218Pro mutant enzyme were investigated by cross-linking between cysteine residues introduced into both the ε subunit (εCys118 and εCys134, in the second helix and the hook segment, respectively) and the γ subunit (γCys99 and γCys260, located in the globular domain and the carboxyl-terminal helix, respectively). In the presence of ADP, the two γ260 and ε134 cysteine residues formed a disulfide bond in both the γLeu218Pro mutant and the wild type, indicating that the hook segment of ε subunit penetrates into the α3β3-ring along with the γ subunits in both enzymes. However, γ260/ε134 cross-linking in the γLeu218Pro mutant decreased significantly in the presence of ATP, whereas this effect was small in the wild type. These results suggested that the γ subunit carboxyl-terminal helix containing γLeu218 is involved in the conformation of the ε subunit hook region during ATP hydrolysis and, therefore, is required for energy coupling in FOF1.
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- Atsuyoshi Yamakita
- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga 526-0829, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga 526-0829, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Iwate 028-3694, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga 526-0829, Japan.
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Wang H, Zhu P, Zhang Y, Sun K, Lu Z. ndpT encodes a new protein involved in nicotine catabolism by Sphingomonas melonis TY. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:10171-10181. [PMID: 30229322 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9371-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Revised: 08/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sphingomonas melonis TY utilizes nicotine as a sole source of carbon, nitrogen, and energy to grow. One of the genes in its ndp catabolic cluster, ndpT, encodes a hypothetical transporter. Since no transporter for nicotine has been identified in microorganisms, we investigated whether NdpT is responsible for nicotine transport. ndpT was induced by nicotine, and gene knockout and complementation studies clearly indicated that ndpT is essential for the catabolism of nicotine in strain TY. NdpT-GFP was located at the periphery of the cells, suggesting that NdpT is a membrane protein. Uptake assays with L-[14C] nicotine illustrated that nicotine uptake in strain TY is mediated by a constitutively synthesized permease with a Km of 0.362 ± 0.07 μM and a Vmax of 0.762 ± 0.068 μmol min-1 (mg cell dry weight)-1 and that ndpT may play a role in nicotine exclusion. Hence, we consider NdpT a nicotine catabolism-related protein.
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- Haixia Wang
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China.
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Abbas YM, Toye AM, Rubinstein JL, Reithmeier RA. Band 3 function and dysfunction in a structural context. Curr Opin Hematol 2018; 25:163-170. [DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Musa MA, Wahab RA, Huyop F. Homology modelling and in silico substrate-binding analysis of a Rhizobium sp. RC1 haloalkanoic acid permease. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2018.1432417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- Muhammed Adamu Musa
- Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, Faculty of Biosciences & Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, Faculty of Biosciences & Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
- Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
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Kumar S, Tiwari V, Doerrler WT. Cpx-dependent expression of YqjA requires cations at elevated pH. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2017; 364:3861960. [PMID: 28591809 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnx115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Under alkaline pH conditions, Escherichia coli must maintain a stable cytoplasmic pH of about 7.6 that is acidic relative to the environment. Bacteria employ various mechanisms to survive alkaline pH; however, membrane cation/H+ antiporters play a primary role by facilitating inward transport of protons. Escherichia coli YqjA belongs to the DedA/Tvp38 membrane protein family and, along with its paralog YghB, is required for growth at 42°C, proper cell division and antibiotic resistance. YqjA is required for viability at alkaline pH, requiring cations sodium or potassium to support growth under these conditions, suggesting it may be a transporter. We measured yqjA expression at different pHs and cation concentrations using a yqjA promoter-lacZ fusion. We found that yqjA promoter activity was highest at alkaline pH. Increased activity of the yqjA promoter required both the transcriptional regulator CpxR, in agreement with previous results, and sodium or potassium salts at alkaline pH. Extracellular cations are also required for activity of cpxP and degP promoters at alkaline pH, suggesting this is a general property of the Cpx regulon. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of cation-dependent expression of Cpx-regulated genes at alkaline pH.
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- Sujeet Kumar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Functional and mechanistic roles of the human proton-coupled folate transporter transmembrane domain 6-7 linker. Biochem J 2016; 473:3545-3562. [PMID: 27514717 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20160399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT; SLC46A1) is a folate-proton symporter expressed in solid tumors and is used for tumor-targeted delivery of cytotoxic antifolates. Topology modeling suggests that the PCFT secondary structure includes 12 transmembrane domains (TMDs) with TMDs 6 and 7 linked by an intracellular loop (positions 236-265) including His247, implicated as functionally important. Single-cysteine (Cys) mutants were inserted from positions 241 to 251 in Cys-less PCFT and mutant proteins were expressed in PCFT-null (R1-11) HeLa cells; none were reactive with 2-aminoethyl methanethiosulfonate biotin, suggesting that the TMD6-7 loop is intracellular. Twenty-nine single alanine mutants spanning the entire TMD6-7 loop were expressed in R1-11 cells; activity was generally preserved, with the exception of the 247, 250, and 251 mutants, partly due to decreased surface expression. Coexpression of PCFT TMD1-6 and TMD7-12 half-molecules in R1-11 cells partially restored transport activity, although removal of residues 252-265 from TMD7-12 abolished transport. Chimeric proteins, including a nonhomologous sequence from a thiamine transporter (ThTr1) inserted into the PCFT TMD6-7 loop (positions 236-250 or 251-265), were active, although replacement of the entire loop with the ThTr1 sequence resulted in substantial loss of activity. Amino acid replacements (Ala, Arg, His, Gln, and Glu) or deletions at position 247 in wild-type and PCFT-ThTr1 chimeras resulted in differential effects on transport. Collectively, our findings suggest that the PCFT TMD6-7 connecting loop confers protein stability and may serve a unique functional role that depends on secondary structure rather than particular sequence elements.
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Escherichia coli and Salmonella encounter osmotic pressure variations in natural environments that include host tissues, food, soil, and water. Osmotic stress causes water to flow into or out of cells, changing their structure, physics, and chemistry in ways that perturb cell functions. E. coli and Salmonella limit osmotically induced water fluxes by accumulating and releasing electrolytes and small organic solutes, some denoted compatible solutes because they accumulate to high levels without disturbing cell functions. Osmotic upshifts inhibit membrane-based energy transduction and macromolecule synthesis while activating existing osmoregulatory systems and specifically inducing osmoregulatory genes. The osmoregulatory response depends on the availability of osmoprotectants (exogenous organic compounds that can be taken up to become compatible solutes). Without osmoprotectants, K+ accumulates with counterion glutamate, and compatible solute trehalose is synthesized. Available osmoprotectants are taken up via transporters ProP, ProU, BetT, and BetU. The resulting compatible solute accumulation attenuates the K+ glutamate response and more effectively restores cell hydration and growth. Osmotic downshifts abruptly increase turgor pressure and strain the cytoplasmic membrane. Mechanosensitive channels like MscS and MscL open to allow nonspecific solute efflux and forestall cell lysis. Research frontiers include (i) the osmoadaptive remodeling of cell structure, (ii) the mechanisms by which osmotic stress alters gene expression, (iii) the mechanisms by which transporters and channels detect and respond to osmotic pressure changes, (iv) the coordination of osmoregulatory programs and selection of available osmoprotectants, and (v) the roles played by osmoregulatory mechanisms as E. coli and Salmonella survive or thrive in their natural environments.
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Atomic-level characterization of transport cycle thermodynamics in the glycerol-3-phosphate:phosphate antiporter. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8393. [PMID: 26417850 PMCID: PMC4598623 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Membrane transporters actively translocate their substrate by undergoing large-scale structural transitions between inward- (IF) and outward-facing (OF) states ('alternating-access' mechanism). Despite extensive structural studies, atomic-level mechanistic details of such structural transitions, and as importantly, their coupling to chemical events supplying the energy, remain amongst the most elusive aspects of the function of these proteins. Here we present a quantitative, atomic-level description of the functional thermodynamic cycle for the glycerol-3-phosphate:phosphate antiporter GlpT by using a novel approach in reconstructing the free energy landscape governing the IF↔OF transition along a cyclic transition pathway involving both apo and substrate-bound states. Our results provide a fully atomic description of the complete transport process, offering a structural model for the alternating-access mechanism and substantiating the close coupling between global structural transitions and local chemical events.
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Structural determinants of human proton-coupled folate transporter oligomerization: role of GXXXG motifs and identification of oligomeric interfaces at transmembrane domains 3 and 6. Biochem J 2015; 469:33-44. [PMID: 25877470 DOI: 10.1042/bj20150169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The human proton-coupled folate transporter (hPCFT) is expressed in solid tumours and is active at pHs characterizing the tumour microenvironment. Recent attention focused on exploiting hPCFT for targeting solid tumours with novel cytotoxic anti-folates. hPCFT has 12 transmembrane domains (TMDs) and forms homo-oligomers with functional significance. The hPCFT primary sequence includes GXXXG motifs in TMD2 (G(93)XXXG(97)) and TMD4 (G(155)XXXG(159)). To investigate roles of these motifs in hPCFT function, stability and surface expression, we mutated glycine to leucine to generate single or multiple substitution mutants. Only the G93L and G159L mutants preserved substantial [(3)H]methotrexate (Mtx) transport when expressed in hPCFT-null (R1-11) HeLa cells. Transport activity of the glycine-to-leucine mutants correlated with surface hPCFT by surface biotinylation and confocal microscopy with ECFP*-tagged hPCFTs, suggesting a role for GXXXG in hPCFT stability and intracellular trafficking. When co-expressed in R1-11 cells, haemagglutinin-tagged glycine-to-leucine mutants and His10-tagged wild-type (WT) hPCFT co-associated on nickel affinity columns, suggesting that the GXXXG motifs are not directly involved in hPCFT oligomerization. This was substantiated by in situ FRET experiments with co-expressed ECFP*- and YFP-tagged hPCFT. Molecular modelling of dimeric hPCFT structures showed juxtaposed TMDs 2, 3, 4 and 6 as potential structural interfaces between monomers. hPCFT cysteine insertion mutants in TMD3 (Q136C and L137C) and TMD6 (W213C, L214C, L224C, A227C, F228C, F230C and G231C) were expressed in R1-11 cells and cross-linked with 1,6-hexanediyl bismethanethiosulfonate, confirming TMD juxtapositions. Altogether, our results imply that TMDs 3 and 6 provide critical interfaces for formation of hPCFT oligomers, which might be facilitated by the GXXXG motifs in TMD2 and TMD4.
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Madej MG. Comparative Sequence-Function Analysis of the Major Facilitator Superfamily: The "Mix-and-Match" Method. Methods Enzymol 2015; 557:521-49. [PMID: 25950980 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2014.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is a diverse group of secondary transporters with members found in all kingdoms of life. The paradigm for MFS is the lactose permease (LacY) of Escherichia coli, which has been the test bed for the development of many methods applied for the analysis of transport proteins. X-ray structures of an inward-facing conformation and the most recent structure of an almost occluded conformation confirm many conclusions from previous studies. One fundamentally important problem for understanding the mechanism of secondary active transport is the identification and physical localization of residues involved in substrate and H(+) binding. This information is exceptionally difficult to obtain with the MFS because of the broad sequence diversity among the members. The increasing number of solved MFS structures has led to the recognition of a common feature: inverted structure-repeat, formed by fused triple-helix domains with opposite orientation in the membrane. The presented method here exploits this feature to predict functionally homologous positions of known relevant positions in LacY. The triple-helix motifs are aligned in combinatorial fashion so as to detect substrate and H(+)-binding sites in symporters that transport substrates, ranging from simple ions like phosphate to more complex disaccharides.
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- M Gregor Madej
- Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Wilson MR, Hou Z, Matherly LH. Substituted cysteine accessibility reveals a novel transmembrane 2-3 reentrant loop and functional role for transmembrane domain 2 in the human proton-coupled folate transporter. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:25287-95. [PMID: 25053408 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.578252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT) is a folate-proton symporter highly expressed in solid tumors that can selectively target cytotoxic antifolates to tumors under acidic microenvironment conditions. Predicted topology models for PCFT suggest that the loop domain between transmembrane domains (TMDs) 2 and 3 resides in the cytosol. Mutations involving Asp-109 or Arg-113 in the TMD2-3 loop result in loss of activity. By structural homology to other solute carriers, TMD2 may form part of the PCFT substrate binding domain. In this study we mutated the seven cysteine (Cys) residues of human PCFT to serine, creating Cys-less PCFT. Thirty-three single-Cys mutants spanning TMD2 and the TMD2-3 loop in a Cys-less PCFT background were transfected into PCFT-null HeLa cells. All 33 mutants were detected by Western blotting, and 28 were active for [(3)H]methotrexate uptake at pH 5.5. For the active residues, we performed pulldown assays with membrane-impermeable 2-aminoethyl methanethiosulfonate-biotin and streptavidin beads to determine their aqueous-accessibilities. Multiple residues in TMD2 and the TMD2-3 loop domain reacted with 2-aminoethyl methanethiosulfonate-biotin, establishing aqueous accessibilities. Pemetrexed pretreatment inhibited biotinylation of TMD2 mutants G93C and F94C, and biotinylation of these residues inhibited methotrexate transport activity. Our results suggest that the TMD 2-3 loop domain is aqueous-accessible and forms a novel reentrant loop structure. Residues in TMD2 form an aqueous transmembrane pathway for folate substrates, and Gly-93 and Phe-94 may contribute to a substrate binding domain. Characterization of PCFT structure is essential to understanding the transport mechanism including the critical determinants of substrate binding.
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- From the Department of Oncology and the Molecular Therapeutics Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201
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- From the Department of Oncology and the Molecular Therapeutics Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan 48201 Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and
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A Microscopic View of the Mechanisms of Active Transport Across the Cellular Membrane. ANNUAL REPORTS IN COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63378-1.00004-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wang C, Huang W, Ying Y, Li S, Secco D, Tyerman S, Whelan J, Shou H. Functional characterization of the rice SPX-MFS family reveals a key role of OsSPX-MFS1 in controlling phosphate homeostasis in leaves. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2012; 196:139-148. [PMID: 22803610 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04227.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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• Proteins possessing the SPX domain are found in several proteins involved in inorganic phosphate (Pi) transport and signalling in yeast and plants. Although the functions of several SPX-domain protein subfamilies have recently been uncovered, the role of the SPX-MFS subfamily is still unclear. • Using quantitative RT-PCR analysis, we studied the regulation of SPX-MFS gene expression by the central regulator, OsPHR2 and Pi starvation. The function of OsSPX-MFS1 in Pi homeostasis was analysed using an OsSPX-MFS1 mutant (mfs1) and osa-miR827 overexpression line (miR827-Oe). Finally, heterologous complementation of a yeast mutant impaired in Pi transporter was used to assess the capacity of OsSPX-MFS1 to transport Pi. • Transcript analyses revealed that members of the SPX-MFS family were mainly expressed in the shoots, with OsSPX-MFS1 and OsSPX-MFS3 being suppressed by Pi deficiency, while OsSPX-MFS2 was induced. Mutation in OsSPX-MFS1 (mfs1) and overexpression of the upstream miR827 (miR827-Oe) plants impaired Pi homeostasis in the leaves. In addition, studies in yeast revealed that OsSPX-MFS1 may be involved in Pi transport. • The results suggest that OsSPX-MFS1 is a key player in maintaining Pi homeostasis in the leaves, potentially acting as a Pi transporter.
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- Chuang Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Joint Research Laboratory in Genomics and Nutriomics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Joint Research Laboratory in Genomics and Nutriomics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, WA, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- Joint Research Laboratory in Genomics and Nutriomics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, WA, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Joint Research Laboratory in Genomics and Nutriomics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Mutational analysis of putative phosphate- and proton-binding sites in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pho84 phosphate:H(+) transceptor and its effect on signalling to the PKA and PHO pathways. Biochem J 2012; 445:413-22. [PMID: 22587366 DOI: 10.1042/bj20112086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Pho84 phosphate transporter acts as the main provider of phosphate to the cell using a proton symport mechanism, but also mediates rapid activation of the PKA (protein kinase A) pathway. These two features led to recognition of Pho84 as a transceptor. Although the physiological role of Pho84 has been studied in depth, the mechanisms underlying the transport and sensor functions are unclear. To obtain more insight into the structure-function relationships of Pho84, we have rationally designed and analysed site-directed mutants. Using a three-dimensional model of Pho84 created on the basis of the GlpT permease, complemented with multiple sequence alignments, we selected Arg(168) and Lys(492), and Asp(178), Asp(358) and Glu(473) as residues potentially involved in phosphate or proton binding respectively, during transport. We found that Asp(358) (helix 7) and Lys(492) (helix 11) are critical for the transport function, and might be part of the putative substrate-binding pocket of Pho84. Moreover, we show that alleles mutated in the putative proton-binding site Asp(358) are still capable of strongly activating PKA pathway targets, despite their severely reduced transport activity. This indicates that signalling does not require transport and suggests that mutagenesis of amino acid residues involved in binding of the co-transported ion may constitute a promising general approach to separate the transport and signalling functions in transceptors.
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Sun Y, Lin Z, Reinders A, Ward JM. Functionally Important Amino Acids in Rice Sucrose Transporter OsSUT1. Biochemistry 2012; 51:3284-91. [DOI: 10.1021/bi201934h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ye Sun
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota
55108, United States
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- Department
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Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota
55108, United States
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota
55108, United States
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To thrive, cells must control their own physical and chemical properties. This process is known as cellular homeostasis. The dilute solutions traditionally favored by experimenters do not simulate the cytoplasm, where macromolecular crowding and preferential interactions among constituents may dominate critical processes. Solutions that do simulate cytoplasmic conditions are now being characterized. Corresponding cytoplasmic properties can be varied systematically by imposing osmotic stress. This osmotic stress approach is revealing how cytoplasmic properties modulate protein folding and protein?nucleic acid interactions. Results suggest that cytoplasmic homeostasis may require adjustments to multiple, interwoven cytoplasmic properties. Osmosensory transporters with diverse structures and bioenergetic mechanisms activate in response to osmotic stress as other proteins inactivate. These transporters are serving as paradigms for the study of in vivo protein-solvent interactions. Experimenters have proposed three different osmosensory mechanisms. Distinct mechanisms may exist, or these proposals may reflect different perceptions of a single, unifying mechanism.
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- Janet M Wood
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Cao Y, Jin X, Levin EJ, Huang H, Zong Y, Quick M, Weng J, Pan Y, Love J, Punta M, Rost B, Hendrickson WA, Javitch JA, Rajashankar KR, Zhou M. Crystal structure of a phosphorylation-coupled saccharide transporter. Nature 2011; 473:50-4. [PMID: 21471968 PMCID: PMC3201810 DOI: 10.1038/nature09939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Saccharides have a central role in the nutrition of all living organisms. Whereas several saccharide uptake systems are shared between the different phylogenetic kingdoms, the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system exists almost exclusively in bacteria. This multi-component system includes an integral membrane protein EIIC that transports saccharides and assists in their phosphorylation. Here we present the crystal structure of an EIIC from Bacillus cereus that transports diacetylchitobiose. The EIIC is a homodimer, with an expansive interface formed between the amino-terminal halves of the two protomers. The carboxy-terminal half of each protomer has a large binding pocket that contains a diacetylchitobiose, which is occluded from both sides of the membrane with its site of phosphorylation near the conserved His250 and Glu334 residues. The structure shows the architecture of this important class of transporters, identifies the determinants of substrate binding and phosphorylation, and provides a framework for understanding the mechanism of sugar translocation.
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- Yu Cao
- Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, 1130 St. Nicholas Ave, Room 815, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Sanford-Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Department of Psychiatry and Center for Molecular Recognition, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA,New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Molecular Therapeutics; 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- New York Consortium on Membrane Protein Structure, New York Structural Biology Center, 89 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- New York Consortium on Membrane Protein Structure, New York Structural Biology Center, 89 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA,Department of Computer Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- New York Consortium on Membrane Protein Structure, New York Structural Biology Center, 89 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA,Department of Computer Science and Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, D-85748 Munich, Germany
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- New York Consortium on Membrane Protein Structure, New York Structural Biology Center, 89 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032
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- Department of Psychiatry and Center for Molecular Recognition, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA,New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Molecular Therapeutics; 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032,Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, NE-CAT, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Structural insights into the activation mechanism of melibiose permease by sodium binding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:22078-83. [PMID: 21135207 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1008649107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The melibiose carrier from Escherichia coli (MelB) couples the accumulation of the disaccharide melibiose to the downhill entry of H(+), Na(+), or Li(+). In this work, substrate-induced FTIR difference spectroscopy was used in combination with fluorescence spectroscopy to quantitatively compare the conformational properties of MelB mutants, implicated previously in sodium binding, with those of a fully functional Cys-less MelB permease. The results first suggest that Asp55 and Asp59 are essential ligands for Na(+) binding. Secondly, though Asp124 is not essential for Na(+) binding, this acidic residue may play a critical role, possibly by its interaction with the bound cation, in the full Na(+)-induced conformational changes required for efficient coupling between the ion- and sugar-binding sites; this residue may also be a sugar ligand. Thirdly, Asp19 does not participate in Na(+) binding but it is a melibiose ligand. The location of these residues in two independent threading models of MelB is consistent with their proposed role.
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Foley DW, Rajamanickam J, Bailey PD, Meredith D. Bioavailability through PepT1: the role of computer modelling in intelligent drug design. Curr Comput Aided Drug Des 2010; 6:68-78. [PMID: 20370696 DOI: 10.2174/157340910790980133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In addition to being responsible for the majority of absorption of dietary nitrogen, the mammalian proton-coupled di- and tri-peptide transporter PepT1 is also recognised as a major route of drug delivery for several important classes of compound, including beta-lactam antibiotics and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. Thus there is considerable interest in the PepT1 protein and especially its substrate binding site. In the absence of a crystal structure, computer modelling has been used to try to understand the relationship between PepT1 3D structure and function. Two basic approaches have been taken: modelling the transporter protein, and modelling the substrate. For the former, computer modelling has evolved from early interpretations of the twelve transmembrane domain structure to more recent homology modelling based on recently crystallised bacterial members of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS). Substrate modelling has involved the proposal of a substrate binding template, to which all substrates must conform and from which the affinity of a substrate can be estimated relatively accurately, and identification of points of potential interaction of the substrate with the protein by developing a pharmacophore model of the substrates. Most recently, these two approaches have moved closer together, with the attempted docking of a substrate library onto a homology model of the human PepT1 protein. This article will review these two approaches in which computers have been applied to peptide transport and suggest how such computer modelling could affect drug design and delivery through PepT1.
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- David W Foley
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG, UK
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Giotis ES, Muthaiyan A, Natesan S, Wilkinson BJ, Blair IS, McDowell DA. Transcriptome analysis of alkali shock and alkali adaptation in Listeria monocytogenes 10403S. Foodborne Pathog Dis 2010; 7:1147-57. [PMID: 20677981 PMCID: PMC3132107 DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Alkali stress is an important means of inactivating undesirable pathogens in a wide range of situations. Unfortunately, Listeria monocytogenes can launch an alkaline tolerance response, significantly increasing persistence of the pathogen in such environments. This study compared transcriptome patterns of alkali and non-alkali-stressed L. monocytogenes 10403S cells, to elucidate the mechanisms by which Listeria adapts and/or grows during short- or long-term alkali stress. Transcription profiles associated with alkali shock (AS) were obtained by DNA microarray analysis of midexponential cells suspended in pH 9 media for 15, 30, or 60 min. Transcription profiles associated with alkali adaptation (AA) were obtained similarly from cells grown to midexponential phase at pH 9. Comparison of AS and AA transcription profiles with control cell profiles identified a high number of differentially regulated open-reading frames in all tested conditions. Rapid (15 min) changes in expression included upregulation of genes encoding for multiple metabolic pathways (including those associated with Na+/H+ antiporters), ATP-binding cassette transporters of functional compatible solutes, motility, and virulence-associated genes as well as the σ(B) controlled stress resistance network. Slower (30 min and more) responses to AS and adaptation during growth in alkaline conditions (AA) involved a different pattern of changes in mRNA concentrations, and genes involved in proton export.
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- Efstathios S. Giotis
- Food Microbiology Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Microbiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
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- Microbiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Colchester, Vermont
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- Microbiology Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
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- Food Microbiology Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Food Microbiology Research Group, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Genetic and proteomic analysis of factors affecting serum cholesterol reduction by Lactobacillus acidophilus A4. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:4829-35. [PMID: 20495044 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02892-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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This article identifies novel factors involved in cholesterol reduction by probiotic bacteria, which were identified using genetic and proteomic approaches. Approximately 600 Lactobacillus acidophilus A4 mutants were created by random mutagenesis. The cholesterol-reducing ability of each mutant was determined and verified using two different methods: the o-phthalaldehyde assay and gas chromatographic analysis (GC). Among screened mutants, strain BA9 showed a dramatically diminished ability to reduce cholesterol, as demonstrated by a 7.7% reduction rate, while the parent strain had a more than 50% reduction rate. The transposon insertion site was mapped using inverse PCR (I-PCR), and it was determined using bioinformatic methods that the deleted region contained the Streptococcus thermophilus catabolite control protein A gene (ccpA). In addition, we have shown using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) that several proteins, including a transcription regulator, FMN-binding protein, major facilitator superfamily permease, glycogen phosphorylase, the YknV protein, and fructose/tagatose bisphosphate aldolase, were strongly regulated by the ccpA gene. In addition, in vivo experiments investigating ccpA function were conducted with rats. Rats fed wild-type L. acidophilus A4 showed a greater than 20% reduction in total serum cholesterol, but rats fed BA9 mutant L. acidophilus showed only an approximately 10% reduction in cholesterol. These results provide important insights into the mechanism by which these lactic acid bacteria reduce cholesterol.
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Luo J, Parsons SM. Conformational Propensities of Peptides Mimicking Transmembrane Helix 5 and Motif C in Wild-type and Mutant Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporters. ACS Chem Neurosci 2010; 1:381-390. [PMID: 20544010 PMCID: PMC2882315 DOI: 10.1021/cn900033s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) is a member of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS). It contains conserved sequence motifs originally defined in the bacterial multidrug resistance transporter family of the MFS. Motif C (GSLV(227) A(228)PPFGGIL) is located at the C-terminal end of transmembrane helix 5 (TM 5) in VAChT. The motif is rich in glycine and proline residues that often have special roles in backbone conformations of TMs. The A228G mutant of VAChT transports > 3-fold faster than wild type does [Chandrasekaran et al. (2006)J. Neurochem. 98, 1551-1559.]. In the current study, the structure of Loop 4/5, TM 5, and Motif C were taken from a three-dimensional homology model for human VAChT. The peptide was immersed in implicit membrane, energy minimized, and molecular dynamics (MD) were simulated. Kinking and wobbling occur in otherwise helical peptide at the hinge residues L226 and V227. MD also were simulated for A228G single-mutant and V227L-A228A double-mutant peptides to investigate the structural roles of the A228G mutation and beta-branching at V227. Mutant peptides exhibit increased wobbling at the hinge residues, but in the double mutant the increase is less. Because Motif C participates in the interface that mediates hypothesized rocker-switch re-orientation of the acetylcholine binding site during transport, dynamics in Motif C might be an important contributor to transport rate.
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- Jia Luo
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9510
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Riegelhaupt PM, Frame IJ, Akabas MH. Transmembrane segment 11 appears to line the purine permeation pathway of the Plasmodium falciparum equilibrative nucleoside transporter 1 (PfENT1). J Biol Chem 2010; 285:17001-10. [PMID: 20335165 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.115758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Purine transport is essential for malaria parasites to grow because they lack the enzymes necessary for de novo purine biosynthesis. The Plasmodium falciparum Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporter 1 (PfENT1) is a member of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) gene family. PfENT1 is a primary purine transport pathway across the P. falciparum plasma membrane because PfENT1 knock-out parasites are not viable at physiologic extracellular purine concentrations. Topology predictions and experimental data indicate that ENT family members have eleven transmembrane (TM) segments although their tertiary structure is unknown. In the current work, we showed that a naturally occurring polymorphism, F394L, in TM11 affects transport substrate K(m). We investigated the structure and function of the TM11 segment using the substituted cysteine accessibility method. We showed that mutation to Cys of two highly conserved glycine residues in a GXXXG motif significantly reduces PfENT1 protein expression levels. We speculate that the conserved TM11 GXXXG glycines may be critical for folding and/or assembly. Small, cysteine-specific methanethiosulfonate (MTS) reagents reacted with four TM11 Cys substitution mutants, L393C, I397C, T400C, and Y403C. Larger MTS reagents do not react with the more cytoplasmic positions. Hypoxanthine, a transported substrate, protected L393C, I397C, and T400C from covalent modification by the MTS reagents. Plotted on an alpha-helical wheel, Leu-393, Ile-397, and Thr-400 lie on one face of the helix in a 60 degrees arc suggesting that TM11 is largely alpha helical. We infer that they line a water-accessible surface, possibly the purine permeation pathway. These results advance our understanding of the ENT structure.
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- Paul M Riegelhaupt
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Naftalin RJ. Reassessment of Models of Facilitated Transport and Cotransport. J Membr Biol 2010; 234:75-112. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-010-9228-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Enkavi G, Tajkhorshid E. Simulation of spontaneous substrate binding revealing the binding pathway and mechanism and initial conformational response of GlpT. Biochemistry 2010; 49:1105-14. [PMID: 20058936 PMCID: PMC2829668 DOI: 10.1021/bi901412a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glycerol 3-phosphate transporter (GlpT) mediates the import of glycerol 3-phosphate (G3P) using the gradient of inorganic phosphate (P(i)). To study the process and mechanism of substrate binding and to investigate the protein's initial response, we performed equilibrium simulations of wild-type GlpT and several of its mutant forms in membranes in the presence of all physiologically relevant substrates (P(i)(-), P(i)(2-), G3P(-), and G3P(2-)). The simulations capture spontaneous substrate binding of GlpT, driven by the positive electrostatic potential of the lumen. K80 is found to act as a "hook" making the first encounter with the substrate and guiding it toward the binding site, where it binds tightly to R45, a key binding site residue that acts as a "fork" holding the substrate. R269 establishes no direct contact with the substrate during the simulations, a surprising behavior given its structural pseudosymmetry to R45. In all substrate-bound systems, partial closing of the cytoplasmic half of GlpT was observed. The substrate appears to stabilize the partially occluded state, as in the two apo simulations either no closing was observed or the protein reverted to its open form toward the end of the simulation, whereas in all substrate-bound systems, a stable partially closed state was produced. Along with the modulation of the periplasmic salt bridge network, these substrate-induced events destabilize the periplasmic half while inducing a closure in the cytoplasmic half, thus capturing the early stages of the proposed rocker-switch mechanism in GlpT.
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- Giray Enkavi
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61802
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Eudes A, Kunji ERS, Noiriel A, Klaus SMJ, Vickers TJ, Beverley SM, Gregory JF, Hanson AD. Identification of transport-critical residues in a folate transporter from the folate-biopterin transporter (FBT) family. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:2867-75. [PMID: 19923217 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.063651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Synechocystis Slr0642 protein and its plastidial Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) ortholog At2g32040 belong to the folate-biopterin transporter (FBT) family within the major facilitator superfamily. Both proteins transport folates when expressed in Escherichia coli. Because the structural requirements for transport activity are not known for any FBT protein, we applied mutational analysis to identify residues that are critical to transport and interpreted the results using a comparative structural model based on E. coli lactose permease. Folate transport was assessed via the growth of an E. coli pabA abgT strain, which cannot synthesize or take up folates or p-aminobenzoylglutamate. In total, 47 residues were replaced with Cys or Ala. Mutations at 22 positions abolished folate uptake without affecting Slr0642 expression in membranes, whereas other mutations had no effect. Residues important for function mostly line the predicted central cavity and are concentrated in the core alpha-helices H1, H4, H7, and H10. The essential residue locations are consistent with a folate-binding site lying roughly equidistant from both faces of the transporter. Arabidopsis has eight FBT proteins besides At2g32040, often lacking conserved critical residues. When six of these proteins were expressed in E. coli or in Leishmania folate or pterin transporter mutants, none showed evidence of folate or pterin transport activity, and only At2g32040 was isolated by functional screening of Arabidopsis cDNA libraries in E. coli. Such negative data could reflect roles in transport of other substrates. These studies provide the first insights into the native structure and catalytic mechanism of FBT family carriers.
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- Aymerick Eudes
- Horticultural Sciences, Human Nutrition Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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McLuskey K, Roszak AW, Zhu Y, Isaacs NW. Crystal structures of all-alpha type membrane proteins. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 39:723-55. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0546-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2009] [Revised: 08/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Jeon J, Yang JS, Kim S. Integration of evolutionary features for the identification of functionally important residues in major facilitator superfamily transporters. PLoS Comput Biol 2009; 5:e1000522. [PMID: 19798434 PMCID: PMC2739438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2009] [Accepted: 08/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The identification of functionally important residues is an important challenge for understanding the molecular mechanisms of proteins. Membrane protein transporters operate two-state allosteric conformational changes using functionally important cooperative residues that mediate long-range communication from the substrate binding site to the translocation pathway. In this study, we identified functionally important cooperative residues of membrane protein transporters by integrating sequence conservation and co-evolutionary information. A newly derived evolutionary feature, the co-evolutionary coupling number, was introduced to measure the connectivity of co-evolving residue pairs and was integrated with the sequence conservation score. We tested this method on three Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) transporters, LacY, GlpT, and EmrD. MFS transporters are an important family of membrane protein transporters, which utilize diverse substrates, catalyze different modes of transport using unique combinations of functional residues, and have enough characterized functional residues to validate the performance of our method. We found that the conserved cores of evolutionarily coupled residues are involved in specific substrate recognition and translocation of MFS transporters. Furthermore, a subset of the residues forms an interaction network connecting functional sites in the protein structure. We also confirmed that our method is effective on other membrane protein transporters. Our results provide insight into the location of functional residues important for the molecular mechanisms of membrane protein transporters. Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) transporters are one of the largest families of membrane protein transporters and are ubiquitous to all three kingdoms of life. Structural studies of MFS transporters have revealed that the members of this superfamily share structural homology; however, due to weak sequence similarity, their structural similarity has only been found after structural determination. Even after the structures were solved, painstaking efforts were needed to detect functionally important residues. The identification of functionally important cooperative residues from sequences may provide an alternative way to understanding the function of this important class of proteins. Here, we show that it is possible to identify functionally important residues of MFS transporters by integrating two different evolutionary features, sequence conservation and co-evolutionary information. Our results suggest that the conserved cores of evolutionarily coupled residues are involved in specific substrate recognition and translocation of membrane protein transporters. Also, a subset of the identified residues comprises an interaction network connecting functional sites in the protein structure. The ability to identify functional residues from protein sequences may be helpful for locating potential mutagenesis targets in mechanistic studies of membrane protein transporters.
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- Jouhyun Jeon
- Division of Molecular and Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea
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Bröer S, Schneider HP, Bröer A, Deitmer JW. Mutation of asparagine 76 in the center of glutamine transporter SNAT3 modulates substrate-induced conductances and Na+ binding. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:25823-31. [PMID: 19596860 PMCID: PMC2757984 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.031013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2009] [Revised: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The glutamine transporter SLC38A3 (SNAT3) plays an important role in the release of glutamine from brain astrocytes and the uptake of glutamine into hepatocytes. It is related to the vesicular GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) transporter and the SLC36 family of proton-amino acid cotransporters. The transporter carries out electroneutral Na+-glutamine cotransport-H+ antiport. In addition, substrate-induced uncoupled cation currents are observed. Mutation of asparagine 76 to glutamine or histidine in predicted transmembrane helix 1 abolished all substrate-induced currents. Mutation of asparagine 76 to aspartate rendered the transporter Na+-independent and resulted in a gain of a large substrate-induced chloride conductance in the absence of Na+. Thus, a single residue is critical for coupled and uncoupled ion flows in the glutamine transporter SNAT3. Homology modeling of SNAT3 along the structure of the related benzyl-hydantoin permease from Microbacterium liquefaciens reveals that Asn-76 is likely to be located in the center of the membrane close to the translocation pore and forms part of the predicted Na+ -binding site.
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- Stefan Bröer
- From the Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia and
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- the Abteilung für Allgemeine Zoologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Strasse, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- From the Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia and
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- the Abteilung für Allgemeine Zoologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger Strasse, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Mueckler M, Makepeace C. Model of the exofacial substrate-binding site and helical folding of the human Glut1 glucose transporter based on scanning mutagenesis. Biochemistry 2009; 48:5934-42. [PMID: 19449892 DOI: 10.1021/bi900521n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Transmembrane helix 9 of the Glut1 glucose transporter was analyzed by cysteine-scanning mutagenesis and the substituted cysteine accessibility method (SCAM). A cysteine-less (C-less) template transporter containing amino acid substitutions for the six native cysteine residues present in human Glut1 was used to generate a series of 21 mutant transporters by substituting each successive residue in predicted transmembrane segment 9 with a cysteine residue. The mutant proteins were expressed in Xenopus oocytes, and their specific transport activities were directly compared to that of the parental C-less molecule whose function has been shown to be indistinguishable from that of native Glut1. Only a single mutant (G340C) had activity that was reduced (by 75%) relative to that of the C-less parent. These data suggest that none of the amino acid side chains in helix 9 is absolutely required for transport function and that this helix is not likely to be directly involved in substrate binding or translocation. Transport activity of the cysteine mutants was also tested after incubation of oocytes in the presence of the impermeant sulfhydryl-specific reagent, p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonate (pCMBS). Only a single mutant (T352C) exhibited transport inhibition in the presence of pCMBS, and the extent of inhibition was minimal (11%), indicating that only a very small portion of helix 9 is accessible to the external solvent. These results are consistent with the conclusion that helix 9 plays an outer stabilizing role for the inner helical bundle predicted to form the exofacial substrate-binding site. All 12 of the predicted transmembrane segments of Glut1 encompassing 252 amino acid residues and more than 50% of the complete polypeptide sequence have now been analyzed by scanning mutagenesis and SCAM. An updated model is presented for the outward-facing substrate-binding site and relative orientation of the 12 transmembrane helices of Glut1.
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- Mike Mueckler
- Department of Cell Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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D'rozario RSG, Sansom MSP. Helix dynamics in a membrane transport protein: comparative simulations of the glycerol-3-phosphate transporter and its constituent helices. Mol Membr Biol 2009; 25:571-83. [DOI: 10.1080/09687680802549113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Langosch D, Arkin IT. Interaction and conformational dynamics of membrane-spanning protein helices. Protein Sci 2009; 18:1343-58. [PMID: 19530249 PMCID: PMC2775205 DOI: 10.1002/pro.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2009] [Revised: 04/19/2009] [Accepted: 04/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Within 1 or 2 decades, the reputation of membrane-spanning alpha-helices has changed dramatically. Once mostly regarded as dull membrane anchors, transmembrane domains are now recognized as major instigators of protein-protein interaction. These interactions may be of exquisite specificity in mediating assembly of stable membrane protein complexes from cognate subunits. Further, they can be reversible and regulatable by external factors to allow for dynamic changes of protein conformation in biological function. Finally, these helices are increasingly regarded as dynamic domains. These domains can move relative to each other in different functional protein conformations. In addition, small-scale backbone fluctuations may affect their function and their impact on surrounding lipid shells. Elucidating the ways by which these intricate structural features are encoded by the amino acid sequences will be a fascinating subject of research for years to come.
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- Dieter Langosch
- Lehrstuhl Chemie der Biopolymere, Technische Universität München, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, 85354 Freising, Germany.
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Kawaguchi H, Sasaki M, Vertès AA, Inui M, Yukawa H. Identification and functional analysis of the gene cluster for L-arabinose utilization in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:3419-29. [PMID: 19346355 PMCID: PMC2687266 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02912-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 31831 grew on l-arabinose as the sole carbon source at a specific growth rate that was twice that on d-glucose. The gene cluster responsible for l-arabinose utilization comprised a six-cistron transcriptional unit with a total length of 7.8 kb. Three l-arabinose-catabolizing genes, araA (encoding l-arabinose isomerase), araB (l-ribulokinase), and araD (l-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase), comprised the araBDA operon, upstream of which three other genes, araR (LacI-type transcriptional regulator), araE (l-arabinose transporter), and galM (putative aldose 1-epimerase), were present in the opposite direction. Inactivation of the araA, araB, or araD gene eliminated growth on l-arabinose, and each of the gene products was functionally homologous to its Escherichia coli counterpart. Moreover, compared to the wild-type strain, an araE disruptant exhibited a >80% decrease in the growth rate at a lower concentration of l-arabinose (3.6 g liter(-1)) but not at a higher concentration of l-arabinose (40 g liter(-1)). The expression of the araBDA operon and the araE gene was l-arabinose inducible and negatively regulated by the transcriptional regulator AraR. Disruption of araR eliminated the repression in the absence of l-arabinose. Expression of the regulon was not repressed by d-glucose, and simultaneous utilization of l-arabinose and d-glucose was observed in aerobically growing wild-type and araR deletion mutant cells. The regulatory mechanism of the l-arabinose regulon is, therefore, distinct from the carbon catabolite repression mechanism in other bacteria.
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- Hideo Kawaguchi
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Kyoto, Japan
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Meredith D. Review. The mammalian proton-coupled peptide cotransporter PepT1: sitting on the transporter-channel fence? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2009; 364:203-7. [PMID: 18957377 PMCID: PMC2674094 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The proton-coupled di- and tripeptide transporter PepT1 (SLC15a1) is the major route by which dietary nitrogen is taken up from the small intestine, as well as being the route of entry for important therapeutic (pro)drugs such as the beta-lactam antibiotics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and antiviral and anti-cancer agents. PepT1 is a member of the major facilitator superfamily of 12 transmembrane domain transporter proteins. Expression studies in Xenopus laevis on rabbit PepT1 that had undergone site-directed mutagenesis of a conserved arginine residue (arginine282 in transmembrane domain 7) to a glutamate revealed that this residue played a role in the coupling of proton and peptide transport and prevented the movement of non-coupled ions during the transporter cycle. Mutations of arginine282 to other non-positive residues did not uncouple proton-peptide cotransport, but did allow additional ion movements when substrate was added. By contrast, mutations to positive residues appeared to function the same as wild-type. These findings are discussed in relation to the functional role that arginine282 may play in the way PepT1 operates, together with structural information from the homology model of PepT1 based on the Escherichia coli lactose permease crystal structure.
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- David Meredith
- School of Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, UK.
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Sayeed WMH, Baenziger JE. Structural characterization of the osmosensor ProP. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:1108-15. [PMID: 19366597 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2008] [Revised: 01/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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ProP, an osmoprotectant symporter from the major facilitator superfamily was expressed, purified and reconstituted into proteoliposomes that are amenable to structural characterization using infrared spectroscopy. Infrared spectra recorded in both (1)H(2)O and (2)H(2)O buffers reveal amide I band shapes that are characteristic of a predominantly alpha-helical protein, and that are similar to those recorded from the well-characterized homolog, lactose permease (LacY). Curve-fit analysis shows that ProP and LacY both exhibit a high alpha-helical content. Both proteins undergo extensive peptide hydrogen-deuterium exchange after exposure to (2)H(2)O, but are surprisingly thermally stable with denaturation temperatures greater than 60 degrees C. 25-30% of the peptide hydrogens in both ProP and LacY are resistant to exchange after 72 h in (2)H(2)O at 4 degrees C. Surprisingly, these exchange resistant peptide hydrogens exchange completely for deuterium at temperatures below those that lead to denaturation. Our results show that ProP adopts a highly alpha-helical fold similar to that of LacY, and that both transmembrane folds exhibit unusually high temperature-sensitive solvent accessibility. The results provide direct evidence that ProP adopts a structure consistent with other major facilitator superfamily members.
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- Wajid M H Sayeed
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8M5
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Fluman N, Bibi E. Bacterial multidrug transport through the lens of the major facilitator superfamily. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1794:738-47. [PMID: 19103310 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2008] [Revised: 11/21/2008] [Accepted: 11/24/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Multidrug transporters are membrane proteins that expel a wide spectrum of cytotoxic compounds from the cell. Through this function, they render cells resistant to multiple drugs. These transporters are found in many different families of transport proteins, of which the largest is the major facilitator superfamily. Multidrug transporters from this family are highly represented in bacteria and studies of them have provided important insight into the mechanism underlying multidrug transport. This review summarizes the work carried out on these interesting proteins and underscores the differences and similarities to other transport systems.
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- Nir Fluman
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Rivas CI, Zúñiga FA, Salas-Burgos A, Mardones L, Ormazabal V, Vera JC. Vitamin C transporters. J Physiol Biochem 2008; 64:357-75. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03174092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Multidrug efflux transporter, AcrB—the pumping mechanism. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2008; 18:459-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pascual JM, Wang D, Yang R, Shi L, Yang H, De Vivo DC. Structural signatures and membrane helix 4 in GLUT1: inferences from human blood-brain glucose transport mutants. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:16732-42. [PMID: 18387950 PMCID: PMC2423257 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801403200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Exon IV of SLC2A1, a multiple facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporter gene, is particularly susceptible to mutations that cause GLUT1 deficiency syndrome, a human encephalopathy that results from decreased glucose flux through the blood-brain barrier. Genotyping of 100 patients revealed that in a third of them who harbor missense mutations in the GLUT1 transporter, transmembrane domain 4 (TM4), encoded by SLC2A1 exon IV, contains mutant residues that have the periodicity of one face of a kinked alpha-helix. Arg-126, located at the amino terminus of TM4, is the locus for most of the mutations followed by other arginine and glycine residues located elsewhere in the transporter but conserved among MFS proteins. The Arg-126 mutants were constructed and assayed for protein expression, targeting, and transport capacity in Xenopus oocytes. The role of charge at position 126, as well as its accessibility, was investigated in R126H by determining its activity as a function of extracellular pH. The results indicate that intracellular charges at the MFS TM2-3 and TM8-9 signature loops and flanking TMs 3, 5, and 6 are critical for the structure of GLUT1 as are TM glycines and that TM4, located at the catalytic core of MFS proteins, forms a helix that surfaces into the extracellular solution where another proton facilitates transport.
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- Juan M Pascual
- Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
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Sequence-specific conformational flexibility of SNARE transmembrane helices probed by hydrogen/deuterium exchange. Biophys J 2008; 95:1326-35. [PMID: 18456822 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.132928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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SNARE proteins mediate fusion of intracellular eukaryotic membranes and their alpha-helical transmembrane domains are known to contribute to lipid bilayer mixing. Synthetic transmembrane domain peptides were previously shown to mimic the function of SNARE proteins in that they trigger liposome fusion in a sequence-specific fashion. Here, we performed a detailed investigation of the conformational dynamics of the transmembrane helices of the presynaptic SNAREs synaptobrevin II and syntaxin 1a. To this end, we recorded deuterium/hydrogen-exchange kinetics in isotropic solution as well as in the membrane-embedded state. In solution, the exchange kinetics of each peptide can be described by three different classes of amide deuteriums that exchange with different rate constants. These are likely to originate from exchange at different domains of the helices. Interestingly, the rate constants of each class vary with the TMD sequence. Thus, the exchange rate is position-specific and sequence-specific. Further, the rate constants correlate with the previously determined membrane fusogenicities. In membranes, exchange is retarded and a significant proportion of amide hydrogens are protected from exchange. We conclude that the conformational dynamics of SNARE TMD helices is mechanistically linked to their ability to drive lipid mixing.
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The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) represents the largest group of secondary active membrane transporters, and its members transport a diverse range of substrates. Recent work shows that MFS antiporters, and perhaps all members of the MFS, share the same three-dimensional structure, consisting of two domains that surround a substrate translocation pore. The advent of crystal structures of three MFS antiporters sheds light on their fundamental mechanism; they operate via a single binding site, alternating-access mechanism that involves a rocker-switch type movement of the two halves of the protein. In the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate transporter (GlpT) from Escherichia coli, the substrate-binding site is formed by several charged residues and a histidine that can be protonated. Salt-bridge formation and breakage are involved in the conformational changes of the protein during transport. In this review, we attempt to give an account of a set of mechanistic principles that characterize all MFS antiporters.
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- Christopher J. Law
- The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, U.S.A;
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- The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, U.S.A;
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- The Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine at the Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine and Department of Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, U.S.A;
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Amino acids that confer transport of raffinose and maltose sugars in the raffinose permease (RafB) of Escherichia coli as implicated by spontaneous mutations at Val-35, Ser-138, Ser-139, Gly-389 and Ile-391. J Membr Biol 2007; 220:87-95. [PMID: 18008022 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-007-9077-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In order to identify amino acid residues in the Escherichia coli raffinose-H(+) permease (RafB) that play a role in sugar selection and transport, we first incubated E. coli HS4006 containing plasmid pRU600 (expresses inducible raffinose permease and alpha-galactosidase) on maltose MacConkey indicator plates overnight. Initially, all colonies were white, indicating no fermentation of maltose. Upon further incubation, 100 mutants appeared red. pRU600 DNA was prepared from 55 mutants. Five mutants transferred the phenotype for fermentation of maltose (red). Plasmid DNA from five maltose-positive phenotype transformants was prepared and sequenced, revealing three distinct types of mutations. Two mutants exhibited Val-35-->Ala (MT1); one mutant had Ile-391-->Ser (MT2); and two mutants had Ser-138-->Asp, Ser-139-->Leu and Gly-389-->Ala (MT3). Transport studies of [(3)H]-maltose showed that cells harboring MT1, MT2 and MT3 had greater uptake (P <or= 0.05) than cells harboring wild-type RafB. However, [(14)C]-raffinose uptake was reduced in all mutant cells (P <or= 0.05) with MT1, MT2 and MT3 mutants compared to cells harboring wild-type RafB. Kinetic analysis showed enhanced apparent K (m) values for maltose and reduced V (max)/ K (m) ratios for raffinose compared to wild-type values. The apparent K (i) value of maltose for RafB indicates a competitive relationship between maltose and raffinose. Maltose "uphill" accumulation was greater for mutants (P <or= 0.05) than for cells with wild-type RafB. Thus, we implicate residues in RafB that are responsible for raffinose transport and suggest that the substituted residues in RafB dictate structures that enhance transport of maltose.
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FTIR spectroscopy of secondary-structure reorientation of melibiose permease modulated by substrate binding. Biophys J 2007; 94:3659-70. [PMID: 18024501 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.115550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Analysis of infrared polarized absorbance spectra and linear dichroism spectra of reconstituted melibiose permease from Escherichia coli shows that the oriented structures correspond mainly to tilted transmembrane alpha-helices, forming an average angle of approximately 26 degrees with the membrane normal in substrate-free medium. Examination of the deconvoluted linear dichroism spectra in H(2)O and D(2)O makes apparent two populations of alpha-helices differing by their tilt angle (helix types I and II). Moreover, the average helical tilt angle significantly varies upon substrate binding: it is increased upon Na(+) binding, whereas it decreases upon subsequent melibiose binding in the presence of Na(+). In contrast, melibiose binding in the presence of H(+) causes virtually no change in the average tilt angle. The data also suggest that the two helix populations change their tilting and H/D exchange level in different ways depending on the bound substrate(s). Notably, cation binding essentially influences type I helices, whereas melibiose binding modifies the tilting of both helix populations.
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The proton-coupled uptake of di- and tri-peptides is the major route of dietary nitrogen absorption in the intestine and of reabsorption of filtered protein in the kidney. In addition, the transporters involved, PepT1 (SLC15a1) and PepT2 (SLC15a2), are responsible for the uptake and tissue distribution of a wide range of pharmaceutically important compounds, including beta-lactam antibiotics, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, anti-cancer and anti-viral drugs. PepT1 and PepT2 are large proteins, with over 700 amino acids, and to date there are no reports of their crystal structures, nor of those of related proteins from lower organisms. Therefore there is virtually no information about the protein 3-D structure, although computer-based approaches have been used to both model the transmembrane domain (TM) layout and to produce a substrate binding template. These models will be discussed, and a new one proposed from homology modeling rabbit PepT1 to the recently crystallized bacterial transporters LacY and GlpT. Understanding the mechanism by which PepT1 and PepT2 bind and transport their substrates is of great interest to researchers, both in academia and in the pharmaceutical industries.
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- D Meredith
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, Le Gros Clark Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, UK.
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Rizwan AN, Krick W, Burckhardt G. The chloride dependence of the human organic anion transporter 1 (hOAT1) is blunted by mutation of a single amino acid. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:13402-9. [PMID: 17353191 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609849200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Organic anion transporter 1 (OAT1) is key for the secretion of organic anions in renal proximal tubules. These organic anions comprise endogenous as well as exogenous compounds including frequently used drugs of various chemical structures. The molecular basis for the polyspecificity of OAT1 is not known. Here we mutated a conserved positively charged arginine residue (Arg(466)) in the 11(th) transmembrane helix of human OAT1. The replacement by the positively charged lysine (R466K) did not impair expression of hOAT1 at the plasma membrane of Xenopus laevis oocytes but decreased the transport of p-aminohippurate (PAH) considerably. Extracellular glutarate inhibited and intracellular glutarate trans-stimulated wild type and mutated OAT1, suggesting for the mutant R466K an unimpaired interaction with dicarboxylates. However, when Arg(466) was replaced by the negatively charged aspartate (R466D), glutarate no longer interacted with the mutant. PAH uptake by wild type hOAT1 was stimulated in the presence of chloride, whereas the R466K mutant was chloride-insensitive. Likewise, the uptake of labeled glutarate or ochratoxin A was chloride-dependent in the wild type but not in R466K. Kinetic experiments revealed that chloride did not alter the apparent K(m) for PAH but influenced V(max) in wild type OAT1-expressing oocytes. In R466K mutants the apparent K(m) for PAH was similar to that of the wild type, but V(max) was not changed by chloride removal. We conclude that Arg(466) influences the binding of glutarate, but not interaction with PAH, and interacts with chloride, which is a major determinant in substrate translocation.
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- Ahsan N Rizwan
- Abteilung Vegetative Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Zentrum Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Humboldtallee 23, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Several heritable disorders of glucose transport across cellular membranes have been recently characterized both genetically and pathophysiologically. Diseases such as glucose-galactose malabsorption, Fanconi-Bickel syndrome and GLUT1 deficiency syndrome are caused by mutation of transporters located in bowel, liver and brain, respectively. For example, the glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome, a prototypical neurometabolic disease, combines manifestations such as epilepsy and hypoglycorrhachia, and is caused by heritable mutation of the SLC2A1 gene. All known glucose transporter mutations induce loss of membrane function at important cellular interfaces, limiting glucose uptake by energy-consuming cells. The fundamental role served by glucose transport allows these pleomorphic conditions to cross the boundaries of traditional clinical disciplines.
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- Juan M Pascual
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute of New York, Children's Hospital of New York, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
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