7NPW

Cryo-EM structure of Human excitatory amino acid transporters-1 (EAAT1) in potassium buffer


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.99 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 

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Literature

The ion-coupling mechanism of human excitatory amino acid transporters.

Canul-Tec, J.C.Kumar, A.Dhenin, J.Assal, R.Legrand, P.Rey, M.Chamot-Rooke, J.Reyes, N.

(2022) EMBO J 41: e108341-e108341

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2021108341
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    7AWL, 7AWM, 7AWN, 7AWP, 7AWQ, 7NPW

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Excitatory amino acid transporters (EAATs) maintain glutamate gradients in the brain essential for neurotransmission and to prevent neuronal death. They use ionic gradients as energy source and co-transport transmitter into the cytoplasm with Na + and H + , while counter-transporting K + to re-initiate the transport cycle. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying ion-coupled transport remain incompletely understood. Here, we present 3D X-ray crystallographic and cryo-EM structures, as well as thermodynamic analysis of human EAAT1 in different ion bound conformations, including elusive counter-transport ion bound states. Binding energies of Na + and H + , and unexpectedly Ca 2+ , are coupled to neurotransmitter binding. Ca 2+ competes for a conserved Na + site, suggesting a regulatory role for Ca 2+ in glutamate transport at the synapse, while H + binds to a conserved glutamate residue stabilizing substrate occlusion. The counter-transported ion binding site overlaps with that of glutamate, revealing the K + -based mechanism to exclude the transmitter during the transport cycle and to prevent its neurotoxic release on the extracellular side.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Membrane Protein Mechanisms Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Excitatory amino acid transporter 1
A, B, C
469Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: SLC1A3EAAT1GLASTGLAST1
Membrane Entity: Yes 
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P43003 (Homo sapiens)
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Go to UniProtKB:  P43003
PHAROS:  P43003
GTEx:  ENSG00000079215 
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UniProt GroupP43003
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.99 Å
  • Aggregation State: PARTICLE 
  • Reconstruction Method: SINGLE PARTICLE 
EM Software:
TaskSoftware PackageVersion
RECONSTRUCTIONcryoSPARC
MODEL REFINEMENTPHENIX1.18.2

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
European Research Council (ERC)France309657

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2021-10-13
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2021-12-01
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2022-01-12
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2022-01-19
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.4: 2024-07-10
    Changes: Data collection