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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Pingitore, Piero
• Pochini, Lorena
• Scalise, Mariafrancesca
• Galluccio, Michele
• Hedfalk, Kristina
• Indiveri, Cesare

Titel

Large scale production of the active human ASCT2 (SLC1A5) transporter in Pichia pastoris — functional and kinetic asymmetry revealed in proteoliposomes

Ist Teil von

• Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2013-09, Vol.1828 (9), p.2238-2246

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The human glutamine/neutral amino acid transporter ASCT2 (hASCT2) was over-expressed in Pichia pastoris and purified by Ni2+-chelating and gel filtration chromatography. The purified protein was reconstituted in liposomes by detergent removal with a batch-wise procedure. Time dependent [3H]glutamine/glutamine antiport was measured in proteoliposomes which was active only in the presence of external Na+. Internal Na+ slightly stimulated the antiport. Optimal activity was found at pH7.0. A substantial inhibition of the transport was observed by Cys, Thr, Ser, Ala, Asn and Met (≥70%) and by mercurials and methanethiosulfonates (≥80%). Heterologous antiport of [3H]glutamine with other neutral amino acids was also studied. The transporter showed asymmetric specificity for amino acids: Ala, Cys, Val, Met were only inwardly transported, while Gln, Ser, Asn, and Thr were transported bi-directionally. From kinetic analysis of [3H]glutamine/glutamine antiport Km values of 0.097 and 1.8mM were measured on the external and internal sides of proteoliposomes, respectively. The Km for Na+ on the external side was 32mM. The homology structural model of the hASCT2 protein was built using the GltPh of Pyrococcus horikoshii as template. Cys395 was the only Cys residue externally exposed, thus being the potential target of SH reagents inhibition and, hence, potentially involved in the transport mechanism. [Display omitted] •The human ASCT2 transporter has been over produced in P. pastoris.•The over-expressed protein has been purified and reconstituted in liposomes.•Functional analysis highlighted asymmetric specificity towards neutral amino acids.•Targeting by SH reagents correlated with Cys location in the structural model.