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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
Active transport of dipeptides in rabbit renal brush-border membrane vesicles is energized by an inward-directed H+ gradient rather than a Na+ gradient. We examined the effects of treatment of membrane vesicles with diethylpyrocarbonate (DEP), a reagent specific for histidyl groups, on this H+ gradient-dependent dipeptide uptake. DEP inhibited the uptake of all three dipeptides studied, Gly-sarcosine, Gly-Gly, and Gly-Pro (Ki = 0.6-0.9 mM), and the inhibition was noncompetitive. The dipeptide transporter could be protected from DEP inhibition by the presence of dipeptide substrates during the treatment of the vesicles with the inhibitor, whereas leucine plus Na+ failed to offer the protection. Na+-dependent leucine uptake was also inhibited by DEP (Ki = 2.5 mM) and the amino acid transporter could be protected from the inhibition by leucine plus Na+, but not by dipeptides. Treatment of membrane vesicles with the thiol group-specific reagents, 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole,3-bromopyruvate, p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid, and N-ethylmaleimide, also inhibited the H+ gradient-dependent dipeptide uptake. The potency of their inhibition was in the order: 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol greater than p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonic acid greater than 3-bromopyruvate greater than N-ethylmaleimide. The inhibition could be reversed in some cases by treatment of the membrane vesicles with reducing agents such as 2,3-dimercaptopropanol following incubation with the inhibitors. Dipeptide substrates could protect the dipeptide transporter from the inhibition. We conclude that histidyl and thiol groups are present at or near the substrate-binding site of the rabbit renal dipeptide transporter.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
261
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16133-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of histidyl and thiol groups at the active site of rabbit renal dipeptide transporter.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.