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XB-ART-15177
Biochem J 1998 Mar 01;330 ( Pt 2):745-52. doi: 10.1042/bj3300745.
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Cloning and functional expression of a cDNA from rat jejunal epithelium encoding a protein (4F2hc) with system y+L amino acid transport activity.

Yao SY , Muzyka WR , Elliott JF , Cheeseman CI , Young JD .


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Two different protein families, designated CAT (cationic amino acid transporter) and BAT (broad-specificity amino acid transporter) mediate the plasma membrane transport of cationic amino acids in animal cells. CAT transporters have 12-14 transmembrane domains and are selective for cationic amino acids. BAT proteins, in contrast, have one to four transmembrane domains and induce the transport of both cationic and zwitterionic amino acids when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Mutations in the human BAT gene cause type I cystinuria, a disease affecting the ability of intestinal and renal brush border membranes to transport cationic amino acids and cystine. We have used functional expression cloning in oocytes to isolate a BAT-related cDNA from rat jejunal epithelium. The cDNA encodes the rat 4F2 heavy chain (4F2hc) cell-surface antigen, a 527-residue (60 kDa) protein that is 26% identical in amino acid sequence with rat renal BAT (also known as NBAT/D2). Expression of rat jejunal 4F2hc in oocytes induced the lysine-inhibitable Na+-dependent influx of leucine and the leucine-inhibitable Na+-independent influx of lysine. Lysine efflux was stimulated by extracellular (Na+ plus leucine). These characteristics identify the expressed amino acid transport activity as system y+L, a transporter that has been implicated in basal membrane transport of cationic amino acids in intestine, kidney and placenta.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cat.2 slc3a2

References [+] :
Ahmed, Electrogenic L-histidine transport in neutral and basic amino acid transporter (NBAT)-expressing Xenopus laevis oocytes. Evidence for two functionally distinct transport mechanisms induced by NBAT expression. 1997, Pubmed, Xenbase