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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2009

The functional roles of the His247 and His281 residues in folate and proton translocation mediated by the human proton-coupled folate transporter SLC46A1.

Ersin Selcuk Unal, Rongbao Zhao, Min-Hwang Chang, Andras Fiser, Michael F Romero, I David Goldman

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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  1. Biology and therapeutic applications of the proton-coupled folate transporter.Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology · 2022
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  2. The evolving biology of the proton-coupled folate transporter: New insights into regulation, structure, and mechanism.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2022
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ersin Selcuk UnalDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Rongbao Zhao
Min-Hwang Chang
Andras Fiser
Michael F Romero
I David Goldman
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USLaboratory of Molecular Genetics · PLMayo Clinic · US

Funding

Proton-coupled folate/antifolate transportR01CA082621 · NCI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI GOLDMAN, ISRAEL DAVID · 1999 to 2017
$9.0M
Molecular mechanisms of the electrogenic Na+ Bicarbonate Cotransporter (NBCe1)R01EY017732 · NEI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI ROMERO, MICHAEL F. · 2006 to 2010
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA-082621NCI NIH HHS R01 CA082621NEI NIH HHS EY-017732NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017732
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report addresses the functional role of His residues in the proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT; SLC46A1), which mediates intestinal folate absorption. Of ten His residues, only H247A and H281A mutations altered function. The folic acid influx Kt at pH 5.5 for H247A was downward arrow 8.4-fold. Although wild type (WT)-PCFT Ki values varied among the folates, Ki values were much lower and comparable for H247-A, -R, -Q, or -E mutants. Homology modeling localized His247 to the large loop separating transmembrane domains 6 and 7 at the cytoplasmic entrance of the translocation pathway in hydrogen-bond distance to Ser172. The folic acid influx Kt for S172A-PCFT was decreased similar to H247A. His281 faces the extracellular region in the seventh transmembrane domain. H281A-PCFT results in loss-of-function due to approximately 12-fold upward arrow in the folic acid influx Kt. When the pH was decreased from 5.5 to 4.5, the WT-PCFT folic acid influx Kt was unchanged, but the Kt decreased 4-fold for H281A. In electrophysiological studies in Xenopus oocytes, both WT-PCFT- and H281A-PCFT-mediated folic acid uptake produced current and acidification, and both exhibited a low level of folate-independent proton transport (slippage). Slippage was markedly increased for the H247A-PCFT mutant. The data suggest that disruption of the His247 to Ser172 interaction results in a PCFT conformational alteration causing a loss of selectivity, increased substrate access to a high affinity binding pocket, and proton transport in the absence of a folate gradient. The His281 residue is not essential for proton coupling but plays an important role in PCFT protonation, which, in turn, augments folate binding to the carrier.

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ProtonsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsBiological TransportBlotting, WesternElectrophysiologyFolic AcidHeLa CellsHistidineHumansKineticsMembrane Transport ProteinsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedOocytesProton-Coupled Folate TransporterSubstrate SpecificityFolic AcidHistidineMembrane Transport ProteinsProton-Coupled Folate TransporterProtonsSLC46A1 protein, humanTunicamycin

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PMID19389703
PMCPMC2719423
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