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Ion transport versus gas conduction: function of AMT/Rh-type proteins

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TRANSFUSION CLINIQUE ET BIOLOGIQUE
卷 13, 期 1-2, 页码 111-116

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ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2006.02.012

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ammonium transport; acid-base balance; collecting kidney tubules; AmtB; Rh glycoprotein; gas channel

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Although lipid membranes exhibit some permeability to the weak base NH3, organisms have developed specialized proteins that increase and regulate the NH3 fluxes across cellular membranes. In humans, the Rh glycoproteins, such as the erythrocyte-specific RhAG and the liver and kidney homologs RhBG and RhCG, are involved in the passage of NH3, Rh glycoproteins have distant relatives, called ammonium transporters (AMTs), in archae and bacteria. The crystal structures of AMT's show that the proteins are homo-trimers and that the center of each monomer forms a pore. AMT/Rh proteins have also been identified in plants. In contrast to the human Rh glycoproteins, these AMTs specifically transport NH4+ or co-transport NH3/H+. Hence, they call transport against NH3 gradients. The molecular determinants for the different transport mechanisms within proteins of the same family are Currently unclear. The functional differences between AMT/Rh transporters are likely to be all evolutionary adaptation to different ammonium and nitrogen requirements in bacteria, plants and animals. (c) 2006 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

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