The amino acid transport system bo,+and cystinuria
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Membrane Biology
- Vol. 18 (1), 21-26
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09687680010028771
Abstract
Amino acid transport in mammalian plasma membranes is mediated by a multiplicity of amino acid transport systems. Some of them (systems L, y+L, xc- and bo,+) are the result of the activity of heteromeric amino acid transporters (HAT) (i.e. transport activity is elicited by the coexpression of a heavy and a light subunit). The two heavy subunits known today (HSHAT: rBAT and 4F2hc) were identified in 1992, and light subunits (LSHAT: LAT-1, LAT-2, asc-1, y+LAT-1, y+LAT-2, xCT and bo,+AT) have been cloned in the last 2 years. Defects in two genes of this family (SLC3A1, encoding rBAT and SLC7A9, encoding bo,+AT) are responsible for cystinuria, an inherited aminoaciduria of cystine and dibasic amino acids. This finding and functional studies of rBAT and bo,+AT suggested that these two proteins encompassed the high-affinity renal reabsorption system of cystine. In contrast to this view, immunofluorescence studies showed that rBAT is most abundant in the proximal straight tubule, and bo,+AT is most abundant in the proximal convoluted tubule of the nephron. The need for a newlight subunit for rBAT and a heavy subunit for bo,+AT is discussed.Keywords
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