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Structural insights into inhibitory mechanism of human excitatory amino acid transporter EAAT2

Authors :
Takafumi Kato
Tsukasa Kusakizako
Chunhuan Jin
Xinyu Zhou
Ryuichi Ohgaki
LiLi Quan
Minhui Xu
Suguru Okuda
Kan Kobayashi
Keitaro Yamashita
Tomohiro Nishizawa
Yoshikatsu Kanai
Osamu Nureki
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

EAAT2 is an amino acid transporter implicated in glutamate homeostasis in brain and therapy resistance of cancer cells. Here, the authors report cryo-EM structures and reveal inhibitory mechanisms via selective inhibitor WAY213613.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5d96ee4c5ba64897a3ae49824762dc13
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32442-6