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L. Celik, B. Schiott, and E. Tajkhorshid. Substrate binding and formation of an occluded state in the leucine transporter. Biophysical Journal, 94:1600-1612, 2008. (PMC: 2242742)
s of all-atom molecular dynamics simulations have been performed on different combinations of LeuT, bound substrate, and bound structural Na
ions to describe molecular events involved in substrate binding and in the formation of the occluded state, and to investigate the dynamics of this state. Three structural features are found to be directly involved in the initial steps of leucine transport; a Na ion directly coordinated to leucine (Na1), two aromatic residues closing the binding site towards the extracellular vestibule (Tyr108 and Phe253), and a salt bridge in the extracellular vestibule (Arg30 and Asp404). These features account for observed differences between simulations of LeuT with and without bound substrate and for a possible pathway for leucine binding and thereby formation of the occluded LeuT binding site.
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