Forty Four Years With Baruch Kanner and The Chloride Ion

Baruch Kanner and this author have had parallel careers investigating neurotransmitter transporters. At multiple times during their careers, they have found themselves collaborating or competing, but always learning from each other. This commentary elaborates on the interactions between the Kanner and Rudnick laboratories, with a focus on transporters in the Neurotransmitter: Sodium Symporter (NSS) family of amino acid and amine transporters. A key focus of these interactions is the mechanism by which chloride ions activate and drive transport.

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Baruch Kanner and the author have parallel careers in investigating neurotransmitter transporters, collaborating and competing at various points but always learning from each other. This commentary focuses on interactions between the Kanner and Rudnick laboratories, specifically on transporters in the Neurotransmitter: Sodium Symporter (NSS) family of amino acid and amine transporters, with a key emphasis on the mechanism of chloride ion activation and transport driving.