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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
4F2, also termed CD98, is an integral membrane protein consisting of a heavy chain linked to a light chain by disulfide bond. We have generated a monoclonal antibody to the mouse 4F2 light chain and cloned the cDNA. It encodes a mouse counterpart of rat L-type amino acid transporter-1, and induces system L amino acid transport in Xenopus oocytes in the presence of 4F2 heavy chain. Transfection studies in mammalian cells have indicated that the 4F2 heavy chain is expressed on the plasma membrane on its own, whereas the 4F2 light chain can be transported to the surface only in the presence of 4F2 heavy chain. 4F2 heavy chain is expressed diffusely on the surface of fibroblastic L cells, whereas it is localized selectively to the cell-cell adhesion sites in L cells expressing cadherins. These results indicate that the 4F2 heavy chain is associated covalently with an amino acid transporter and controls the cell surface expression as well as the membrane topology of the 4F2 heterodimer. Although 4F2 heavy and light chains are expressed coordinately in most tissues, the light chain is barely detected by the antibody in kidney and intestine, despite the presence of heavy chain in a complex form. The results predict the presence of multiple 4F2 light chains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3009-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Amino Acid Transport Systems, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Antigens, CD98, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Disulfides, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9915839-Xenopus
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
4F2 (CD98) heavy chain is associated covalently with an amino acid transporter and controls intracellular trafficking and membrane topology of 4F2 heterodimer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't