25 Dietary potassium (K)-deficiency is accompanied by phosphaturia, and decreased renal 26 brush border membrane (BBM) vesicle sodium (Na)-dependent phosphate (Pi) transport 27 activity. We previously showed that K-deficiency in rats leads to increased abundance in 28 the proximal tubule BBM of the apical Na/Pi co-transporter NaPi-IIa, but that the activity, 29 diffusion and clustering of NaPi-...

The periplasmic binding protein-dependent transport systems Ugp and Mal of Escherichia coli transport sn-glycerol-3-phosphate and maltose, respectively. The UgpC and MalK proteins of these transport systems, which couple energy to the transport process by ATP-hydrolysis, are highly homologous, suggesting that they might be functionally exchangeable. Complementation experiments showed that UgpC ...

Arsenic (As) accumulation in rice (Oryza sativa) may pose a significant health risk to consumers. Plants take up different As species using various pathways. Here, we investigated the contribution of the phosphate (Pi) transport pathway to As accumulation in rice grown hydroponically or under flooded soil conditions. In hydroponic experiments, a rice mutant defective in OsPHF1 (for phosphate tr...

The glucose-6-phosphatase system catalyses the terminal step of hepatic glucose production from both gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis and is thus a key regulatory factor of blood glucose homoeostasis. To identify the glucose 6-phosphate transporter T1, we have performed photoaffinity labelling of human and rat liver microsomes by using the specific photoreactive glucose-6-phosphate translocas...

Blood glucose homeostasis between meals depends upon production of glucose within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the liver and kidney by hydrolysis of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) into glucose and phosphate (P(i)). This reaction depends on coupling the G6P transporter (G6PT) with glucose-6-phosphatase-α (G6Pase-α). Only one G6PT, also known as SLC37A4, has been characterized, and it acts as a P...

The major facilitator superfamily represents the largest group of secondary active membrane transporters in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. They transport a vast variety of substrates, presumably via similar mechanisms, yet the details of these mechanisms remain unclear. Here we report the 3.3 A resolution structure of a member of this superfamily--GlpT, the glycerol-3-phosphate transporter f...

To investigate energy metabolic and transporter characteristics in resting muscle of patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD; forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV(1)) = 42 +/- 6.0% (mean +/- SE)], tissue was extracted from resting vastus lateralis (VL) of 9 COPD patients and compared with that of 12 healthy control subjects (FEV(1) = 114 +/- 3.4%). Compared ...

Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in mammalian CNS. In the presynaptic nerve terminal, glutamate is stored in synaptic vesicles and released by exocytosis. Previously, it has been shown that a transport protein originally identified as a brain-specific Na(+)-dependent inorganic phosphate transporter I (BNPI) functions as vesicular glutamate transporter and thus has been renamed...

Phosphorus (P) is the second-most essential macronutrient required for growth and development of plants. It involved in a number cellular processes that contribute to plant’s development. This study investigated Saccharum spp. hybrid Sorghum bicolor promoter regions Phosphate transporters (PHT), viz., PHT1, PHT2, PHT3, PHT4, PHO1, through silico analysis. The transcription start sites (TSS), co...

PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER1 (PHT1) genes encode phosphate (Pi) transporters that play a fundamental role in Pi acquisition and remobilization in plants. Mutation of the Arabidopsis thaliana PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER TRAFFIC FACILITATOR1 (PHF1) impairs Pi transport, resulting in the constitutive expression of many Pi starvation-induced genes, increased arsenate resistance, and reduced Pi accumulation. PH...