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ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2021

Critical amino acids in the TM2 of EAAT2 are essential for membrane-bound localization, substrate binding, transporter function and anion currents.

Dongmei Mai, Rongqing Chen, Ji Wang, Jiawei Zheng, Xiuping Zhang, Shaogang Qu

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Article in Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dongmei MaiDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Rongqing ChenDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Ji WangDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiawei ZhengDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xiuping ZhangTeaching Center of Experimental Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Shaogang QuDepartment of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0647-3701
Nanfang Hospital · CNSouthern Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31570716National Natural Science Foundation of China 81870991National Natural Science Foundation of China U1603281the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University IRT_16R37
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excitatory amino acid transporter 2 (EAAT2), the gene of which is known as solute carrier family 1 member 2 (SLC1A2), is an important membrane-bound transporter that mediates approximately 90% of the transport and clearance of l-glutamate at synapses in the central nervous system (CNS). Transmembrane domain 2 (TM2) of EAAT2 is close to hairpin loop 2 (HP2) and far away from HP1 in the inward-facing conformation. In the present study, 14 crucial amino acid residues of TM2 were identified via alanine-scanning mutations. Further analysis in EAAT2-transfected HeLa cells in vitro showed that alanine substitutions of these residues resulted in a decrease in the efficiency of trafficking/targeting to the plasma membrane and/or reduced functionality of membrane-bound, which resulted in impaired transporter activity. After additional mutations, the transporter activities of some alanine-substitution mutants recovered. Specifically, the P95A mutant decreased EAAT2-associated anion currents. The Michaelis constant (K

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Amino AcidsProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsAnionsBiological TransportCell MembraneExcitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2HeLa CellsHumansKinesisModels, MolecularMutationProtein BindingProtein ConformationStructure-Activity RelationshipAmino AcidsAnionsExcitatory Amino Acid Transporter 2alanine-scanning mutationexcitatory amino acid transporter 2glutamatetransmembrane domain 2transporter activity

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