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Will the original glucose transporter isoform please stand up!
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Oct 2009
Carruthers Anthony, DeZutter Julie, Ganguly Amit, Devaskar Sherin U
Abstract excerpt
Monosaccharides enter cells by slow translipid bilayer diffusion by rapid, protein-mediated, cation-dependent cotransport and by rapid, protein-mediated equilibrative transport. This review addresses protein-mediated, equilibrative glucose transport catalyzed by GLUT1, the first equilibrative glucose transporter to be identified, purified, and cloned. GLUT1 is a polytopic, membrane-spanning protein that is one of...
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