Substrate-Na+ complex formation: Coupling mechanism for γ-aminobutyrate symporters

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-214

  Palló, Anna ^a   Simon, Ágnes ^a   Bencsura, Ákos ^a   Héja, László ^a   Kardos, Julianna ^a  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Charge assisted hydrogen bonding; Glial subtypes of human aminobutyric acid transporters; Homology modeling; Molecular dynamics; Neurotransmitter sodium symporters; Substrate docking; Substrate Na+ ion complex; Zinc ion

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; AMPHOLYTE; SODIUM ION; ZINC ION;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRICITY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM; ZINC;

EID: 67349216187     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.040     Document Type: Article

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