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ArticleNature communications2025

Modulation of the human GlyT1 by clinical drugs and cholesterol.

Na Li, Yiqing Wei, Renjie Li, Yufei Meng, Jun Zhao, Qinru Bai, Gang Wang, Yan Zhao

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. GlyT1 (SLC6A9) inhibition in neurological and psychiatric disorders.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  6. Mechanisms of transport and analgesic compounds recognition by glycine transporter 2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Na Li *Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yiqing Wei *Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules (CAS), National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7166-0733
Renjie Li *Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules (CAS), National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yufei Meng *Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecules (CAS), National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-4237
Jun ZhaoPeking University Institute of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Shandong Laboratory of Advanced Agricultural Sciences at Weifang, Weifang, Shandong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-6190-0469
Qinru BaiKey Laboratory of Biomacromolecules (CAS), National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Gang WangBeijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. gangwangdoc@ccmu.edu.cn.
Yan ZhaoKey Laboratory of Biomacromolecules (CAS), National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. zhaoy@ibp.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4348-256X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycine transporter 1 (GlyT1) is a key player in shaping extracellular glutamatergic signaling processes and holds promise for treating cognitive impairments associated with schizophrenia by inhibiting its activity and thus enhancing the function of NMDA receptors. Despite its significant role in physiological and pharmacology, its modulation mechanism by clinical drugs and internal lipids remains elusive. Here, we determine cryo-EM structures of GlyT1 in its apo state and in complex with clinical trial drugs iclepertin and sarcosine. The GlyT1 in its apo state is determined in three distinct conformations, exhibiting a conformational equilibrium of the transport cycle. The complex structures with inhibitor iclepertin and sarcosine elucidate their unique binding poses with GlyT1. Three binding sites of cholesterol are determined in GlyT1, two of which are conformation-dependent. Transport kinetics studies reveal that a delicate binding equilibrium for cholesterol is crucial for the conformational transition of GlyT1. This study significantly enhances our understanding of the physiological and pharmacological aspects of GlyT1.

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CholesterolGlycine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSarcosineBinding SitesCryoelectron MicroscopyHumansKineticsModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationCholesterolGlycine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsSarcosineSLC6A9 protein, human

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