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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
卷 42, 期 6, 页码 857-868出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.12.012
关键词
Atypical membrane transporters; Diffusive uptake; Gating; Multiphasic uptake kinetics; Transceptor
资金
- Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) [POCI/AGR/56378/2004, PTDC/AGR-ALI/100636/2008, SFRH/BD/47699/2008]
- Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)
- Interuniversity Attraction Poles Programme-Belgian Science Policy
- Communaute francaise de Belgique-Actions de Recherches Concertees
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [POCI/AGR/56378/2004, SFRH/BD/47699/2008] Funding Source: FCT
The recent breakthrough discoveries of transport systems assigned with atypical functions provide evidence for complexity in membrane transport biochemistry. Some channels are far from being simple pores creating hydrophilic passages for solutes and can, unexpectedly, act as enzymes, or mediate high-affinity uptake, and some transporters are surprisingly able to function as sensors, channels or even enzymes. Furthermore, numerous transport studies have demonstrated complex multiphasic uptake kinetics for organic and mineral nutrients The biphasic kinetics of glucose uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a result of several genetically distinct uptake systems operating simultaneously, is a classical example that is a subject of continuous debate In contrast, some transporters display biphasic kinetics, being bona fidae dual-affinity transporters, their kinetic properties often modulated by post-translational regulation Also. aquaporins have recently been reported to exhibit diverse transport properties and can behave as highly adapted, multifunctional channels, transporting solutes such as CO2, hydrogen peroxide, urea, ammonia, glycerol. polyols, carbamides, purines and pyrimidines, metalloids. glycine, and lactic acid, rather than being simple water pores The present review provides an overview on some atypical functions displayed by transporter proteins and discusses how this novel knowledge on cellular uptake systems may be related to complex multiphasic uptake kinetics often seen in a wide variety of living organisms and the intriguing diffusive uptake of sugars and other solutes (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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