title: The region of dopamine transporter encompassing the 3rd transmembrane domain is crucial for function.
abstract: Bovine dopamine transporter (bDAT) shows relatively low dopamine (DA) uptake efficacy and scant MPP+ transport and cocaine binding, while all of these activities are avid in human dopamine transporter (hDAT). In this study, we constructed a series of chimeras between human and bovine DAT to find out the structure(s) responsible for each DAT functions. DA uptake, MPP+ uptake, and cocaine binding in hDAT nearly disappeared only by the substitution of the 3rd transmembrane domain (TMD) with that of bDAT. On the contrary, the substitution of an identical region of hDAT into bDAT produced a complete shift toward the value of WT hDAT in the DA uptake, even though the MPP+ uptake and CFT binding maintained the values of WT bDAT. Collectively, these results suggest that the 3rd TMD in DAT is crucial for the function, especially for DA uptake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003042:Cocaine / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C493214:SLC6A3 protein, human; D003042:Cocaine; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium; D004298:Dopamine