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XB-ART-2080
Biochem J 2005 Aug 01;389Pt 3:745-51. doi: 10.1042/BJ20050083.
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Characterization of mouse amino acid transporter B0AT1 (slc6a19).

Böhmer C, Bröer A, Munzinger M, Kowalczuk S, Rasko JE, Lang F, Bröer S.


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The mechanism of the mouse (m)B0AT1 (slc6a19) transporter was studied in detail using two electrode voltage-clamp techniques and tracer studies in the Xenopus oocyte expression system. All neutral amino acids induced inward currents at physiological potentials, but large neutral non-aromatic amino acids were the preferred substrates of mB0AT1. Substrates were transported with K0.5 values ranging from approx. 1 mM to approx. 10 mM. The transporter mediates Na+-amino acid co-transport with a stoichiometry of 1:1. No other ions were involved in the transport mechanism. An increase in the extracellular Na+ concentration reduced the K0.5 for leucine, and vice versa. Moreover, the K0.5 values and Vmax values of both substrates varied with the membrane potential. As a result, K0.5 and Vmax values are a complex function of the concentration of substrate and co-substrate and the membrane potential. A model is presented assuming random binding order and a positive charge associated with the ternary [Na+-substrate-transporter] complex, which is consistent with the experimental data.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: slc6a19

References [+] :
Anderson, H+/amino acid transporter 1 (PAT1) is the imino acid carrier: An intestinal nutrient/drug transporter in human and rat. 2004, Pubmed, Xenbase