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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 278, Issue 37, Pages 35127-35134Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M306188200
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI044138, AI 23682, AI 44138] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS 033270] Funding Source: Medline
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Leishmania donovani express two members of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter family; LdNT1 encoded by two closely related and linked genes, LdNT1.1 and LdNT1.2, that transport adenosine and pyrimidine nucleosides and LdNT2 that transports inosine and guanosine exclusively. LdNT1.1, LdNT1.2, and LdNT2 have been expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and found to be electrogenic in the presence of nucleoside ligands for which they mediate transport. Further analysis revealed that ligand uptake and transport currents through LdNT1-type transporters are proton-dependent. In addition to the flux of protons that is coupled to the transport reaction, LdNT1 transporters mediate a variable constitutive proton conductance that is blocked by substrates and dipyridamole. Surprisingly, LdNT1.1 and LdNT1.2 exhibit different electrogenic properties, despite their close sequence homology. This electrophysiological study provides the first demonstration that members of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter family can be electrogenic and establishes that these three permeases, unlike their mammalian counterparts, are probably concentrative rather than facilitative transporters.
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