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What is a norepinephrine transporter?
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Which neurotransmitter transports norepinephrine and dopamine?
The norepinephrine transporter (NET), also known as noradrenaline transporter (NAT), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the solute carrier family 6 member 2 (SLC6A2) gene. [5] NET is a monoamine transporter and is responsible for the sodium-chloride (Na + /Cl − )-dependent reuptake of extracellular norepinephrine (NE), which is also ...
The norepinephrine transporter is responsible for clearance of a majority of the released NE from the synaptic cleft.
Neurotransmitter transporters are a class of membrane transport proteins that span the cellular membranes of neurons. Their primary function is to carry neurotransmitters across these membranes and to direct their further transport to specific intracellular locations. There are more than twenty types of neurotransmitter transporters. [1]
Jan 7, 2020 · The norepinephrine transporter (NET) belongs to the family of sodium-coupled ion-dependent transporters (SLC6). In high density NET occurs in the plasma membranes of noradrenergic neurons and also in glial cells . It is physiologically responsible for norepinephrine (NE) transport from the synaptic cleft into presynaptic neurons .
- Izabella Góral, Kamil Łątka, Marek Bajda
- 10.3390/biom10010102
- 2020
- Biomolecules. 2020 Jan; 10(1): 102.
May 1, 2023 · The steps for norepinephrine synthesis are as follows: Tyrosine is first hydroxylated to dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) by tyrosine hydroxylase (rate-limiting step). DOPA is then decarboxylated by L-amino acid decarboxylase to produce dopamine.
Apr 13, 2021 · The Drosophila dopamine transporter (dDAT) is a catecholamine neurotransmitter transporter that resembles the human norepinephrine transporter (hNET). Here the authors report X-ray structures of the dDAT in substrate-free form, norepinephrine-bound form and dDAT bound to commonly prescribed chronic pain inhibitors duloxetine, milnacipran and ...