Targeting SLC transporters: small molecules as modulators and therapeutic opportunities

A Schlessinger, N Zatorski, K Hutchinson… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Solute carrier (SLCs) transporters mediate the transport of a broad range of solutes across
biological membranes. Dysregulation of SLCs has been associated with various …

Cell physiology and molecular mechanism of anion transport by erythrocyte band 3/AE1

ML Jennings - American Journal of Physiology-Cell …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The major transmembrane protein of the red blood cell, known as band 3, AE1, and
SLC4A1, has two main functions: 1) catalysis of Cl−/HC O 3− exchange, one of the steps in …

Phospholipid scrambling by G protein–coupled receptors

G Khelashvili, AK Menon - Annual review of biophysics, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Rapid flip-flop of phospholipids across the two leaflets of biological membranes is crucial for
many aspects of cellular life. The transport proteins that facilitate this process are classified …

Millisecond dynamics of an unlabeled amino acid transporter

TR Matin, GR Heath, GHM Huysmans… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs) are important in many physiological processes
and crucial for the removal of excitatory amino acids from the synaptic cleft. Here, we …

Py-MCMD: python software for performing hybrid Monte Carlo/molecular dynamics simulations with GOMC and NAMD

MS Barhaghi, B Crawford, G Schwing… - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
py-MCMD, an open-source Python software, provides a robust workflow layer that manages
communication of relevant system information between the simulation engines NAMD and …

Identification of multiple substrate binding sites in SLC4 transporters in the outward-facing conformation: Insights into the transport mechanism

HR Zhekova, A Pushkin, G Kayık, L Kao… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Solute carrier family 4 (SLC4) transporters mediate the transmembrane transport of HCO 3−,
CO 3 2−, and Cl− necessary for pH regulation, transepithelial H+/base transport, and ion …

Uracil/H+ Symport by FurE Refines Aspects of the Rocking-bundle Mechanism of APC-type Transporters

I Zantza, Y Pyrris, S Raniolo, GF Papadaki… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transporters mediate the uptake of solutes, metabolites and drugs across the cell
membrane. The eukaryotic FurE nucleobase/H+ symporter of Aspergillus nidulans has been …

Active participation of membrane lipids in inhibition of multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein

K Kapoor, S Pant, E Tajkhorshid - Chemical science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is a major efflux pump in humans, overexpressed in a variety of
cancers and associated with the development of multi-drug resistance. Allosteric modulation …

State-of-the-art application of artificial intelligence to transporter-centered functional and pharmaceutical research

J Yin, N You, F Li, M Lu, S Zeng… - Current Drug …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Protein transporters not only have essential functions in regulating the transport of
endogenous substrates and remote communication between organs and organisms, but …

Thirty years of molecular dynamics simulations on posttranslational modifications of proteins

AT Weigle, J Feng, D Shukla - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Posttranslational modifications (PTMs) are an integral component to how cells respond to
perturbation. While experimental advances have enabled improved PTM identification …