TABLE 6

Post-translational modifications of SLC6 neurotransmitter transporters

TransporterKinaseSiteReferences
Phosphorylation
    SERTPKAaN- and C-terminal domainsRamamoorthy et al., 1998a
PKCaN- and C-terminal domainsRamamoorthy et al., 1998a
PKGbThr276 (IL2)Ramamoorthy et al., 2007
    NETPKCaThr258-Ser259 (IL2)Jayanthi et al., 2006
CamKIIcC-terminal domainUchida et al., 1998
    DATPKCaN-terminal Ser cluster (Ser2, Ser4, Ser7, Ser12, Ser13)Foster et al., 2002; Lin et al., 2003; Granas et al., 2003; Cervinski et al., 2005; Gorentla et al., 2009
CamKIIcN-terminal domainFog et al., 2006; Gorentla et al., 2009
ERK1/2aThr53 (N-terminal domain)Gorentla et al., 2009
JNKaThr53 (N-terminal domain)Gorentla et al., 2009
p38 MAPKaThr53 (N-terminal domain)Gorentla et al., 2009
PKAcN-terminal domainGorentla et al., 2009
PKGcN-terminal domainGorentla et al., 2009
CKIIcN-terminal domainGorentla et al., 2009
Cdk5cN-terminal domainGorentla et al., 2009
AktcN-terminal domainGorentla et al., 2009
    GAT1Tyr kinaseeTyr107 (IL1), Tyr317 (IL3)Whitworth and Quick, 2001
N-Linked glycosylation
    SERTAsn208, Asn217Rasmussen et al., 2009; Tate and Blakely, 1994
    NETAsn184, Asn192, Asn198Melikian et al., 1996; Nguyen and Amara, 1996
    DATAsn181, Asn188, Asn205Li et al., 2004; Torres et al., 2003a
    GAT1Asn176, Asn181, Asn184Bennett and Kanner, 1997; Cai et al., 2005
    GLYT1Asn169, Asn172, Asn182, Asn188Olivares et al., 1995
    GLYT2Asn345, Asn355, Asn360, Asn366Martínez-Maza et al., 2001
  • JNK, c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase; CKII, casein kinase II; Cdk5, cyclin-dependent kinase 5.

  • a Phosphorylation of functional transporter, confirmed by in vitro phosphorylation.

  • b Putative. Direct transporter phosphorylation not confirmed.

  • c In vitro phosphorylation only.

  • d The corresponding residue in human DAT is a Ser.

  • e Phosphorylation of functional transporter, not confirmed by in vitro phosphorylation.