Molecular physiology of the insect K-activated amino acid transporter 1 (KAAT1) and cation-anion activated amino acid transporter/channel 1 (CAATCH1) in the light of the structure of the homologous protein LeuT

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-279

  Castagna, M ^a   Bossi, E ^b   Sacchi, V F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; CAATCH1; Cotransporters; Homology modelling; KAAT1; SLC6 NSS family

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CAATCH1 PROTEIN, INSECT; CARRIER PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; KAAT1 PROTEIN, INSECT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 67249100709     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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