PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION OF A CDNA-ENCODING THE BILE CANALICULAR, PURINE-SPECIFIC NA+-NUCLEOSIDE COTRANSPORTER

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作者
CHE, MX
ORTIZ, DF
ARIAS, IM
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[1] Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston
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10.1074/jbc.270.23.13596
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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We previously characterized a purine-specific Na+- nucleoside cotransport system in bile canalicular membrane. The function of this transport system may be related to conserving nucleosides and preventing cholestasis. We report here the isolation of a cDNA encoding a Na+-dependent nucleoside transporter from rat liver using an expression cloning strategy. The substrate specificities and kinetic characteristics of the cloned cotransporter are consistent with the properties of the Na+-dependent, purine-selective nucleoside transporter in bile canalicular membranes. The nucleotide sequence predicts a protein of 659 amino acids (72 kDa) with 14 putative membrane-spanning domains. Northern blot analysis showed that the transcripts are present in liver and several other tissues. Data base searches indicate significant sequence similarity to the pyrimidine-selective nucleoside transporter (cNT1) of rat jejunum. Although these two subtypes of Na+-nucleoside cotransporter have different substrate specificities and tissue localizations, they are members of a single gene family.
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