Mechanism of substrate transport and inhibition of the human LAT1-4F2hc amino acid transporter

Abstract LAT1 (SLC7A5) is one of the representative light chain proteins of heteromeric amino acid transporters, forming a heterodimer with its heavy chain partner 4F2hc (SLC3A2). LAT1 is overexpressed in many types of tumors and mediates the transfer of drugs and hormones across the blood-brain bar...

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Main Authors: Renhong Yan, Yaning Li, Jennifer Müller, Yuanyuan Zhang, Simon Singer, Lu Xia, Xinyue Zhong, Jürg Gertsch, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Qiang Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Cell Discovery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41421-021-00247-4