期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1992
卷号:89
期号:12
页码:5601-5605
DOI:10.1073/pnas.89.12.5601
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:We have isolated a cDNA clone by screening a rabbit kidney cortex cDNA library for expression of sodium-independent transport of L-arginine and L-alanine in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Expressed uptake relates to a single component of sodium-independent transport for dibasic and neutral amino acids. This transport activity resembles the functionally defined system b0,+ and carries cystine and dibasic amino acids with high affinity. The rBAT (b0,+ amino acid transporter-related) mRNA is found mainly in kidney and intestinal mucosa. It encodes a predicted 77.8-kDa protein with only one putative transmembrane domain and seven potential N-glycosylation sites. This protein could either be a constitutive element or a specific activator of system b0,+.