Glutamate 59 is critical for transport function of the amino acid cotransporter KAAT1

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 3 54-3, 2003, Pages

  Sacchi, V Franca ^a,c   Castagna, Michela ^a   Mari, Stefania A ^a   Perego, Carla ^a   Bossi, Elena ^b   Peres, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Institute of General Physiology and Biological Chemistry G Esposito   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid modifiers; Amino acid transport; Function; Manduca sexta; Structure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENYLGLYOXAL; PROTEIN KAAT1; SODIUM ION; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0041386430     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00349.2002     Document Type: Article

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