Summary: Sodium:neurotransmitter symporter family
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| Symbol | SNF | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00209 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR000175 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00533 | ||||||||
| SCOP | 2a65 | ||||||||
| SUPERFAMILY | 2a65 | ||||||||
| TCDB | 2.A.22 | ||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 67 | ||||||||
| OPM protein | 2a65 | ||||||||
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Sodium:neurotransmitter symporters is a family of neurotransmitter transporters.
Neurotransmitter transport systems are responsible for the release, re-uptake and recycling of neurotransmitters at synapses.
High affinity transport proteins found in the plasma membrane of presynaptic nerve terminals and glial cells are responsible for the removal from the extracellular space of released-transmitters, thereby terminating their actions.[1] Plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporters fall into two structurally and mechanistically distinct families.
The majority of the transporters constitute an extensive family of homologous proteins that derive energy from the co-transport of Na+ and Cl-, in order to transport neurotransmitter molecules into the cell against their concentration gradient. The family has a common structure of 12 presumed transmembrane helices and includes carriers for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), noradrenaline/adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, proline, glycine, choline, betaine and taurine.
They are structurally distinct from the second more-restricted family of plasma membrane transporters, which are responsible for excitatory amino acid transport. The latter couple glutamate and aspartate uptake to the cotransport of Na+ and the counter-transport of K+, with no apparent dependence on Cl-.[2] In addition, both of these transporter families are distinct from the vesicular neurotransmitter transporters.[3][4]
Sequence analysis of the Na+/Cl- neurotransmitter superfamily reveals that it can be divided into four subfamilies, these being transporters for monoamines, the amino acids proline and glycine, GABA, and a group of orphan transporters.[5]
[edit] Subfamilies
- Betaine transporter (SLC6A12) IPR002983
- Creatine transporter (SLC6A8) IPR002984
- Dopamine neurotransmitter transporter (SLC6A3) IPR002436
- Inebriated neurotransmitter transporter IPR002944
- GABA neurotransmitter transporter GAT-1 (SLC6A1) IPR002980
- GABA neurotransmitter transporter GAT-2 (SLC6A13) IPR002981
- GABA neurotransmitter transporter GAT-3 (SLC6A11) IPR002982
- Glycine neurotransmitter transporter, type 1 (SLC6A9) IPR003028
- Noradrenaline neurotransmitter transporter (SLC6A9) IPR002435
- Orphan neurotransmitter transporter (SLC6A15) IPR002438
- Serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmitter transporter, N-terminal (SLC6A4) IPR013086
- Taurine transporter (SLC6A6) IPR002434
[edit] Human proteins containing this domain
SLC6A1, SLC6A2, SLC6A3, SLC6A4, SLC6A5, SLC6A6, SLC6A7, SLC6A8, SLC6A9, SLC6A11, SLC6A12, SLC6A13, SLC6A14, SLC6A15, SLC6A16, SLC6A17, SLC6A18, SLC6A19, SLC6A20
[edit] References
- ^ Attwell D, Bouvier M (1992). "Cloners quick on the uptake". Curr. Biol. 2 (10): 541–543. doi:10.1016/0960-9822(92)90024-5. PMID 15336049.
- ^ Malandro MS, Kilberg MS (1996). "Molecular biology of mammalian amino acid transporters". Annu. Rev. Biochem. 65: 305–336. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.65.070196.001513. PMID 8811182.
- ^ Arriza JL, Amara SG (1993). "Neurotransmitter transporters: three distinct gene families". Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 3 (3): 337–344. doi:10.1016/0959-4388(93)90126-J. PMID 8103691.
- ^ Uhl GR, Johnson PS (1994). "Neurotransmitter transporters: three important gene families for neuronal function". J. Exp. Biol. 196: 229–236. PMID 7823024.
- ^ Nelson N, Lill H (1998). "Homologies and family relationships among Na+/Cl- neurotransmitter transporters". Meth. Enzymol.. Methods in Enzymology 296: 425–436. doi:10.1016/S0076-6879(98)96030-X. ISBN 978-0-12-182197-5. PMID 9779464.
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| PANDIT: | PF00209 |
| PRINTS: | PR00176 |
| PROSITE: | PDOC00533 |
| Pseudofam: | PF00209 |
| SYSTERS: | SNF |
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InterPro entry IPR000175
Neurotransmitter transport systems are integral to the release, re-uptake and recycling of neurotransmitters at synapses. High affinity transport proteins found in the plasma membrane of presynaptic nerve terminals and glial cells are responsible for the removal from the extracellular space of released-transmitters, thereby terminating their actions [PUBMED:15336049]. Plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporters fall into two structurally and mechanistically distinct families. The majority of the transporters constitute an extensive family of homologous proteins that derive energy from the co-transport of Na+ and Cl-, in order to transport neurotransmitter molecules into the cell against their concentration gradient. The family has a common structure of 12 presumed transmembrane helices and includes carriers for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), noradrenaline/adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, proline, glycine, choline, betaine and taurine. They are structurally distinct from the second more-restricted family of plasma membrane transporters, which are responsible for excitatory amino acid transport. The latter couple glutamate and aspartate uptake to the cotransport of Na+ and the counter-transport of K+, with no apparent dependence on Cl- [PUBMED:8811182]. In addition, both of these transporter families are distinct from the vesicular neurotransmitter transporters [PUBMED:8103691, PUBMED:7823024].
Sequence analysis of the Na+/Cl- neurotransmitter superfamily reveals that it can be divided into four subfamilies, these being transporters for monoamines, the amino acids proline and glycine, GABA, and a group of orphan transporters [PUBMED:9779464].
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| Cellular component | integral to membrane (GO:0016021) |
| Molecular function | neurotransmitter:sodium symporter activity (GO:0005328) |
| Biological process | neurotransmitter transport (GO:0006836) |
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| Seed source: | Prosite |
| Previous IDs: | none |
| Type: | Family |
| Author: | Finn RD |
| Number in seed: | 15 |
| Number in full: | 11073 |
| Average length of the domain: | 275.40 aa |
| Average identity of full alignment: | 18 % |
| Average coverage of the sequence by the domain: | 89.59 % |
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