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Direct evidence that two cysteines in the dopamine transporter form a disulfide bond.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 1 Apr 2007
Chen Rong, Wei Hua, Hill Erik R, Chen Lucy, Jiang Liying, Han Dawn D, Gu Howard H
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We have generated a fully functional dopamine transporter (DAT) mutant (dmDATx7) with all cysteines removed except the two cysteines in extracellular loop 2 (EL2). Random mutagenesis at either or both EL2 cysteines did not produce any functional transporter mutants, suggesting that the two cysteines cannot be replaced by any other amino acids. The cysteine-specific reagent MTSEA-biotin labeled dmDATx7 only after...
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