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Biophys J
2014 Aug 05;1073:621-629. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.05.046.
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The domain interface of the human glutamate transporter EAAT1 mediates chloride permeation.
Cater RJ, Vandenberg RJ, Ryan RM.
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The concentration of glutamate within the glutamatergic synapse is tightly regulated by the excitatory amino-acid transporters (EAATs). In addition to their primary role of clearing extracellular glutamate, the EAATs also possess a thermodynamically uncoupled Cl(-) conductance. Several crystal structures of an archaeal EAAT homolog, GltPh, at different stages of the transport cycle have been solved. In a recent structure, an aqueous cavity located at the interface of the transport and trimerization domains has been identified. This cavity is lined by polar residues, several of which have been implicated in Cl(-) permeation. We hypothesize that this cavity opens during the transport cycle to form the Cl(-) channel. Residues lining this cavity in EAAT1, including Ser-366, Leu-369, Phe-373, Arg-388, Pro-392, and Thr-396, were mutated to small hydrophobic residues. Wild-type and mutant transporters were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and two-electrode voltage-clamp electrophysiology, and radiolabeled substrate uptake was used to investigate function. Significant alterations in substrate-activated Cl(-) conductance were observed for several mutant transporters. These alterations support the hypothesis that this aqueous cavity at the interface of the transport and trimerization domains is a partially formed Cl(-) channel, which opens to form a pore through which Cl(-) ions pass. This study enhances our understanding as to how glutamate transporters function as both amino-acid transporters and Cl(-) channels.
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