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Charge-to-substrate ratio during organic cation uptake by rat OCT2 is voltage dependent and altered by exchange of glutamate 448 with glutamine.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology - 1 Apr 2009
Schmitt Bernhard M, Gorbunov Dmitry, Schlachtbauer Peter, Egenberger Brigitte, Gorboulev Valentin, Wischmeyer Erhard, Müller Thomas, Koepsell Hermann
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Uptake of substrate and electric charge was measured simultaneously in voltage-clamped Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing rat organic cation transporter 2 (rOCT2). At 0 mV, saturating substrate concentrations induced uptake of more positive elementary charges than monovalent organic cations, with charge-to-substrate ratios of 1.5 for guanidinium(+), 3.5 for tetraethylammonium(+), and 4.0 for...
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