title: Isolation of a cDNA encoding the human brain serotonin transporter.
abstract: A cDNA encoding a serotonin transporter (5-HTT) in the human dorsal raphe nucleus was isolated and sequenced using cross-species amplification of human 5-HTT partial cDNA by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the RACE-PCR procedure, designed for rapid amplification of 3' and 5' cDNA ends. The cDNA contains an open reading frame encoding a hydrophobic polypeptide of 630 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of approximately 70 kDa. The human 5-HTT is approximately 92% homologous to the rat protein but contains an additional consensus phosphorylation site for cAMP-dependent protein kinase recognition located in the cytoplasmic N-terminal region, while a potential protein kinase C phosphorylation site identified in the rat homolog is not conserved in the human 5-HTT. Hydropathicity analysis revealed twelve membrane spanning segments, a topology proposed for other cloned sodium-dependent transporters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Lesch
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wolozin
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Estler
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riederer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011903:Raphe Nuclei / Q000737:chemistry*; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism*; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493232:Slc6a4 protein, rat; D012701:Serotonin; D004247:DNA; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C