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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
The mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier catalyzes an important step in both the urea cycle and the aspartate/malate NADH shuttle. Citrin and aralar1 are homologous proteins belonging to the mitochondrial carrier family with EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding motifs in their N-terminal domains. Both proteins and their C-terminal domains were overexpressed in Escherichia coli, reconstituted into liposomes and shown to catalyze the electrogenic exchange of aspartate for glutamate and a H(+). Overexpression of the carriers in transfected human cells increased the activity of the malate/aspartate NADH shuttle. These results demonstrate that citrin and aralar1 are isoforms of the hitherto unidentified aspartate/glutamate carrier and explain why mutations in citrin cause type II citrullinemia in humans. The activity of citrin and aralar1 as aspartate/glutamate exchangers was stimulated by Ca(2+) on the external side of the inner mitochondrial membrane, where the Ca(2+)-binding domains of these proteins are localized. These results show that the aspartate/glutamate carrier is regulated by Ca(2+) through a mechanism independent of Ca(2+) entry into mitochondria, and suggest a novel mechanism of Ca(2+) regulation of the aspartate/malate shuttle.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amino Acid Transport Systems, Acidic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antiporters, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Calcium-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Transport Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Membrane Transport..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitochondrial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Organic Anion Transporters, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteolipids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SLC25A12 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/aspartate-glutamate carrier, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/citrin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/proteoliposomes
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0261-4189
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5060-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
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