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XB-ART-35086
J Biol Chem 2006 Sep 08;28136:26552-61. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M604049200.
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The structural and functional units of heteromeric amino acid transporters. The heavy subunit rBAT dictates oligomerization of the heteromeric amino acid transporters.

Fernández E, Jiménez-Vidal M, Calvo M, Zorzano A, Tebar F, Palacín M, Chillarón J.


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Heteromeric amino acid transporters are composed of a catalytic light subunit and a heavy subunit linked by a disulfide bridge. We analyzed the structural and functional units of systems b0,+ and xC-, formed by the heterodimers b0,+ AT-rBAT and xCT-4F2hc, respectively. Blue Native gel electrophoresis, cross-linking, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer in vivo indicate that system b0,+ is a heterotetramer [b0,+ AT-rBAT]2, whereas xCT-4F2hc seems not to stably or efficiently oligomerize. However, substitution of the heavy subunit 4F2hc for rBAT was sufficient to form a heterotetrameric [xCT-rBAT]2 structure. The functional expression of concatamers of two light subunits (which differ only in their sensitivity to inactivation by a sulfhydryl reagent) suggests that a single heterodimer is the functional unit of systems b0,+ and xC-.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: slc3a1