Choline transport by synaptosomal membrane vesicles isolated from insect nervous tissue.
Membrane vesicles derived from insect nervous tissue are capable of accumulating choline via a high affinity, carrier-mediated process with ion gradients as the sole driving force. The transport is strictly dependent on the presence of Na+ and Cl- in the medium and is stimulated by a membrane potential.
D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism*; D006110:Grasshoppers; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D013574:Synaptosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
D007476:Ionophores; D002794:Choline