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An N-terminal threonine mutation produces an efflux-favorable, sodium-primed conformation of the human dopamine transporter.
Molecular pharmacology - 1 Jul 2014
Fraser Rheaclare, Chen Yongyue, Guptaroy Bipasha, Luderman Kathryn D, Stokes Stephanie L, Beg Asim, DeFelice Louis J, Gnegy Margaret E
Abstract excerpt
The dopamine transporter (DAT) reversibly transports dopamine (DA) through a series of conformational transitions. Alanine (T62A) or aspartate (T62D) mutagenesis of Thr62 revealed T62D-human (h)DAT partitions in a predominately efflux-preferring conformation. Compared with wild-type (WT), T62D-hDAT exhibits reduced [(3)H]DA uptake and enhanced baseline DA efflux, whereas T62A-hDAT and WT-hDAT function in an...
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