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Title: | Position of the Third Na+ Site in the Aspartate Transporter Glt(Ph) and the Human Glutamate Transporter, EAAT1 | Authors: | Baştuğ, Turgut Heinzelmann, Germano Kuyucak, Serdar Salim, Marietta Vandenberg, Robert J. Ryan, Renae M. |
Keywords: | [No Keywords] | Publisher: | Public Library Science | Abstract: | Glutamate transport via the human excitatory amino acid transporters is coupled to the co-transport of three Na+ ions, one H+ and the counter-transport of one K+ ion. Transport by an archaeal homologue of the human glutamate transporters, Glt(Ph), whose three dimensional structure is known is also coupled to three Na+ ions but only two Na+ ion binding sites have been observed in the crystal structure of GltPh. In order to fully utilize the Glt(Ph) structure in functional studies of the human glutamate transporters, it is essential to understand the transport mechanism of Glt(Ph) and accurately determine the number and location of Na+ ions coupled to transport. Several sites have been proposed for the binding of a third Na+ ion from electrostatic calculations and molecular dynamics simulations. In this study, we have performed detailed free energy simulations for GltPh and reveal a new site for the third Na+ ion involving the side chains of Threonine 92, Serine 93, Asparagine 310, Aspartate 312, and the backbone of Tyrosine 89. We have also studied the transport properties of alanine mutants of the coordinating residues Threonine 92 and Serine 93 in Glt(Ph), and the corresponding residues in a human glutamate transporter, EAAT1. The mutant transporters have reduced affinity for Na+ compared to their wild type counterparts. These results confirm that Threonine 92 and Serine 93 are involved in the coordination of the third Na+ ion in Glt(Ph) and EAAT1. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033058 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/7292 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
Appears in Collections: | Malzeme Bilimi ve Nanoteknoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü / Department of Material Science & Nanotechnology Engineering PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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