Illumination of serotonin transporter mechanism and role of the allosteric site

D Yang, E Gouaux - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
The serotonin transporter (SERT) terminates serotonin signaling by using sodium and
chloride gradients to drive reuptake of serotonin into presynaptic neurons and is the target of …

Principles of alternating access in LeuT-fold transporters: commonalities and divergences

D Del Alamo, J Meiler, HS Mchaourab - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Found in all domains of life, transporters belonging to the LeuT-fold class mediate the import
and exchange of hydrophilic and charged compounds such as amino acids, metals, and …

[HTML][HTML] Functional crosstalk of the glycine transporter GlyT1 and NMDA receptors

D Piniella, F Zafra - Neuropharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
NMDA-type glutamate receptors (NMDARs) constitute one of the main glutamate (Glu)
targets in the central nervous system and are involved in synaptic plasticity, which is the …

The antidepressant drug vilazodone is an allosteric inhibitor of the serotonin transporter

P Plenge, D Yang, K Salomon, L Laursen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Depression is a common mental disorder. The standard medical treatment is the selective
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). All characterized SSRIs are competitive inhibitors of …

Molecular basis of human noradrenaline transporter reuptake and inhibition

J Tan, Y Xiao, F Kong, X Zhang, H Xu, A Zhu, Y Liu… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Noradrenaline, also known as norepinephrine, has a wide range of activities and effects on
most brain cell types. Its reuptake from the synaptic cleft heavily relies on the noradrenaline …

Conformational dynamics of the human serotonin transporter during substrate and drug binding

IR Möller, M Slivacka, AK Nielsen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The serotonin transporter (SERT), a member of the neurotransmitter: sodium symporter
family, is responsible for termination of serotonergic signaling by re-uptake of serotonin (5 …

Handling of intracellular K+ determines voltage dependence of plasmalemmal monoamine transporter function

S Bhat, M Niello, K Schicker, C Pifl, HH Sitte… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The concentrative power of the transporters for dopamine (DAT), norepinephrine (NET), and
serotonin (SERT) is thought to be fueled by the transmembrane Na+ gradient, but it is …

Ion and lipid orchestration of secondary active transport

D Drew, O Boudker - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Transporting small molecules across cell membranes is an essential process in cell
physiology. Many structurally diverse, secondary active transporters harness …

Markov state-based quantitative kinetic model of sodium release from the dopamine transporter

A Razavi, G Khelashvil, H Weinstein - Biophysical Journal, 2017 - cell.com
The dopamine transporter (DAT) belongs to the neurotransmitter/sodium symporter (NSS)
family of membrane proteins that are responsible for reuptake of neurotransmitters from the …

Substrate-induced conformational dynamics of the dopamine transporter

AK Nielsen, IR Möller, SGF Rasmussen, KD Rand… - Biophysical …, 2019 - cell.com
The dopamine transporter is a member of the neurotransmitter: sodium symporters (NSSs),
which are responsible for termination of neurotransmission through Na+-driven reuptake of …