ISSN:
1572-9931
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Two new Chinese hamster ovary cell (CHO-K1) mutants lacking amino acid transport System XAG − activity were isolated by [3H]aspartate suicide selection. These null mutants, Dd-B6 and Dd-B7, were analyzed by somatic cell hybridization, along with previously described partial-function mutants, Ed-A1 and Ed-B8. With respect to System XAG − activity, all four mutations fell into a single complementation group. By quantitative assay, the mutations in Ed-A1 and Ed-B8 behaved as simple recessives in fusions with wild type cells, while those in Dd-B6 and Dd-B7 were codominant. We have discovered that Ed-A1 and Ed-B8 are highly permeable to smal neutral molecules. This high permeability phenotype was dominant to wild-type. Northern, Southern, and Western analyses indicated that System XAG − in CHO is not closely related to any of the three well characterized glutamate transporters represented by GLT-1, EAAC1 or GLAST.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02369900
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