title: The membrane-bound rat serotonin transporter, SERT1, is an oligomeric protein.
abstract: The synaptic actions of the neurotransmitter serotonin are terminated by a selective re-uptake system located in the axonal membrane. To gain information about the quaternary structure of this membrane protein, we transiently expressed the recombinant rat serotonin transporter, SERT1, in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. Treatment with sulfhydryl oxidizing agents and the homobifunctional cross-linker dimethyl suberimidate (DMS) generated adducts of 130-180 kDa and 220-270 kDa, respectively. These data indicate an oligomeric structure of SERT1.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Neurochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jess
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Betz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schloss
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003958:Diamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004120:Dimethyl Suberimidate / Q000494:pharmacology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010618:Phenanthrolines; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C493230:SLC6A4 protein, human; D050486:Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493232:Slc6a4 protein, rat; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D003958:Diamide; D004120:Dimethyl Suberimidate; D012701:Serotonin; C025205:1,10-phenanthroline