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  • Title: Role of proton dissociation in the transport of cystine and glutamate in human diploid fibroblasts in culture.
    Author: Bannai S, Kitamura E.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1981 Jun 10; 256(11):5770-2. PubMed ID: 6113240.
    Abstract:
    The effect of extracellular pH on the transport interaction of cystine and glutamate in cultured human diploid cells was examined over the pH range of 5.8-8.0. The initial rates of uptake of cystine increased with an increase in pH and glutamate potently inhibited the cystine uptake independently of pH. The uptake of glutamate was almost invariable within the pH range, but it was inhibited by cystine in a pH-dependent manner; the inhibition increased with an increase in pH. Regardless of pH, the uptake of cystine and glutamate was strongly inhibited by alpha-aminoadipate, alpha-aminopimelate, and homocysteate. From the pK values of cystine and other amino acids, it is suggested that cystine is transported in the same ionic form as is glutamate.
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