Universitat de Barcelona
2022-04-01T13:53:51Z
2022-04-01T13:53:51Z
2021-08-01
2022-04-01T13:53:51Z
The mammalian SLC7 family comprises the L-amino acid transporters (LATs) and the cationic amino acid transporters (CATs). The relevance of these transporters is highlighted by their involvement in several human pathologies, including inherited rare diseases and acquired diseases, such as cancer. In the last four years, several crystal or cryo-EM structures of LATs and CATs have been solved. These structures have started to fill our knowledge gap that previously was based on the structural biology of remote homologs of the amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) transporters. This review recovers this structural and functional information to start generating the molecular bases of the transport cycle of LATs. Special attention is given to the known transporter conformations within the transport cycle and the molecular bases for substrate interaction and translocation, including the asymmetric interaction of substrates at both sides of the plasma membrane. Keywords: APC; LATs; SLC7; transport cycle; structure; substrate binding; substrate translocation
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Aminoàcids; Proteïnes portadores; Malalties rares; Amino acids; Carrier proteins; Rare diseases
MDPI
Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11080602
Membranes, 2021, vol. 11, num. 8, p. 1-13
https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11080602
cc-by (c) Nicolàs-Aragó, Adrià et al., 2021
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