title: Cloning and characterization of a Drosophila melanogaster cDNA encoding a glutamate transporter.
abstract: A Drosophila cDNA encoding a glutamate transporter was cloned and examined. The predicted protein (479 amino acid residues) shows significant sequence identity with mammalian counterparts. The protein expressed in Xenopus oocytes had a glutamate transport activity. Northern blot analysis showed that the transcript increased in amount developmentally. This expression pattern is different from those of Drosophila glutamate receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Japan. kawano@muses.tottori-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takuwa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuniyoshi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Juni
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D027322:Amino Acid Transport System X-AG; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D018698:Glutamic Acid