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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
Human and other mammalian concentrative (Na(+)-linked) nucleoside transport proteins belong to a membrane protein family (CNT, TC 2.A.41) that also includes Escherichia coli H(+)-dependent nucleoside transport protein NupC. Here, we report the cDNA cloning and functional characterization of a CNT family member from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. This 608 amino acid residue H(+)/nucleoside symporter, designated CaCNT, contains 13 predicted transmembrane domains (TMs), but lacks the exofacial, glycosylated carboxyl-terminus of its mammalian counterparts. When produced in Xenopus oocytes, CaCNT exhibited transport activity for adenosine, uridine, inosine and guanosine but not cytidine, thymidine or the nucleobase hypoxanthine. Apparent K(m) values were in the range 16-64 micro M, with V(max) : K(m) ratios of 0.58-1.31. CaCNT also accepted purine and uridine analogue nucleoside drugs as permeants, including cordycepin (3'-deoxyadenosine), a nucleoside analogue with anti-fungal activity. Electrophysiological measurements under voltage clamp conditions gave a H(+) to [(14)C]uridine coupling ratio of 1 : 1. CaCNT, obtained from logarithmically growing cells, is the first described cation-coupled nucleoside transporter in yeast, and the first member of the CNT family of proteins to be characterized from a unicellular eukaryotic organism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0749-503X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
661-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Antifungal Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Candida albicans, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-DNA, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Deoxyadenosines, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Fungal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Nucleoside Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Nucleosides, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12794928-Xenopus
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional characterization of a H+/nucleoside co-transporter (CaCNT) from Candida albicans, a fungal member of the concentrative nucleoside transporter (CNT) family of membrane proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't