A Novel-type Substrate-selectivity Filter and ER-exit Determinants in the UapA Purine Transporter

We present a functional analysis of the last α-helical transmembrane segment (TMS12) of UapA, a uric acid-xanthine/H + symporter in Aspergillus nidulans and member of the nucleobase-ascorbate transporter (NAT) family. First, we performed a systematic mutational analysis of residue F528, located in t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of molecular biology 2006-03, Vol.357 (3), p.808-819
Hauptverfasser: Vlanti, Anna, Amillis, Sotiris, Koukaki, Marina, Diallinas, George
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Zusammenfassung:We present a functional analysis of the last α-helical transmembrane segment (TMS12) of UapA, a uric acid-xanthine/H + symporter in Aspergillus nidulans and member of the nucleobase-ascorbate transporter (NAT) family. First, we performed a systematic mutational analysis of residue F528, located in the middle of TMS12, which was known to be critical for UapA specificity. Substitution of F528 with non-aromatic amino acid residues (Ala, Thr, Ser, Gln, Asn) did not affect significantly the kinetics of UapA for its physiological substrates, but allowed high-capacity transport of several novel purines and pyrimidines. Allele-specific combinations of F528 substitutions with mutations in Q408, a residue involved in purine binding, led to an array of UapA molecules with different kinetic and specificity profiles. We propose that F528 plays the role of a novel-type selectivity filter, which, in conjunction with a distinct purine-binding site, control UapA-mediated substrate translocation. We further studied the role of TMS12 by analysing the effect of its precise deletion and chimeric molecules in which TMS12 was substituted with analogous domains from other NATs. The presence of any of the TMS12 tested was necessary for ER-exit while their specific amino acid composition affected the kinetics of chimeras.
ISSN:0022-2836
1089-8638
DOI:10.1016/j.jmb.2005.12.070