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  • Title: Cytochalasin B and the kinetics of inhibition of biological transport: a case of asymmetric binding to the glucose carrier.
    Author: Devés R, Krupka RM.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1978 Jul 04; 510(2):339-48. PubMed ID: 667049.
    Abstract:
    Cytochalasin B inhibits glucose transport in human erythrocytes by competing with glucose for the carrier on the inner surface of the cell membrane, but there is no cytochalasin site associated with the outware-facing form of the carrier. Such asymmetry may be demonstrated by zero trans exit and entry experiments, whereas Sen-Widdas exit experiments are not easily interpretable. The orientation of the transport system appears to be reversed in certain other cell types: chich embryo fibroblasts, Novikoff hepatoma cells and HeLa cells. Here the cytochalasin site is present in the external but not internal carrier form.
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