Transmembrane segments 1, 5, 7 and 8 are required for high-affinity glucose transport by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hxt2 transporter
Transmembrane segments 1, 5, 7 and 8 are required for high-affinity glucose transport by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hxt2 transporter
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DOI:
10.1042/bj20030044
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发表时间:
2003-05-15
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Kasahara, M
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作者:
Kasahara, T;Kasahara, M
Hxt2 is a high-affinity facilitative glucose transporter of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and belongs to the major facilitator super-family. Hxt 1 shares approximate to 70 % amino acid identity with Hxt2 in its transmembrane segments (TMs) and inter-TM loops, but transports D-glucose with an affinity about one-tenth of that of Hxt2. To determine which TMs of Hxt2 are important for high-affinity glucose transport, we constructed chimaeras of Hxt2 and Hxt] by randomly replacing each of the 12 TMs of Hxt2 with the corresponding segment of Hxt1, for a total of 4096 different transporters. Among > 20 000 yeast transformants screened, 39 different clones were selected by plate assays of high-affinity glucose-transport activity and sequenced. With only two exceptions, the selected chimaeras contained Hxt2 TMs 1, 5, 7 and 8. We then constructed chimaeras corresponding to all 16 possible combinations of Hxt2 TMs 1, 5, 7 and 8. Only one chimaera, namely that containing all four Hxt2 TMs, exhibited transport activity comparable with that of Hxt2. The K-m and V-max values for D-glucose transport, and the substrate specificity of this chimaera were almost identical with those of Hxt2. These results indicate that TMs 1, 5, 7 and 8 are necessary for exhibiting high-affinity glucose-transport activity of Hxt2.