The molecular bases of cystinuria and lysinuric protein intolerance |
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Authors: | Palacín M Borsani G Sebastio G |
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Institution: | Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain. mpalacin@porthos.bio.ub.es |
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Abstract: | Cystinuria and lysinuric protein intolerance are inherited aminoacidurias caused by defective amino-acid transport activities linked to a family of heteromeric amino-acid transporters (HATs). HATs comprise two subunits: co-expression of subunits 4F2hc and y(+)LAT-1 induces the efflux of dibasic amino acids from cells, whereas co-expression of subunits rBAT and b(o,+)AT induces the renal reabsorption and intestinal absorption of cystine and dibasic amino acids at the brush border of epithelial cells. Recently, the role of b(o,+)AT (SLC7A9) in cystinuria (non Type I) and the role of y(+)LAT-1 (SLC7A7) in lysinuric protein intolerance have been demonstrated. |
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