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XB-ART-11162
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000 Apr 21;2703:836-40. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2498.
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Electrogenic nature of rat sodium-dependent multivitamin transport.

Prasad PD , Srinivas SR , Wang H , Leibach FH , Devoe LD , Ganapathy V .


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We report on the electrogenic nature of the transport process mediated by the rat sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter. In Cos-7 cells, the relationship of Na(+) concentration versus biotin and pantothenate uptake rate was sigmoidal with a Na(+):substrate stoichiometry of 2:1. In Cos-7 cells expressing rat SMVT biotin transport was significantly higher when the membrane was hyperpolarized and considerably reduced when the membrane was depolarized. Similarly, biotin uptake in X. laevis oocytes expressing rat SMVT was inhibited with depolarized oocyte membrane by altering the K(+) permeability across the membrane. It is concluded that the transport of biotin and pantothenate mediated by rat SMVT is electrogenic with a Na(+):substrate coupling ratio of 2:1 and that the transport process is associated with the transfer of one net positive charge across the membrane per transport cycle.

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