Inorganic mercury interacts with cysteine residues (C451 and C474) of hOCT2 to reduce its transport activity.
Pelis RM, Dangprapai Y, Wunz TM, Wright SH.
Pelis RM, et al.
Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 May;292(5):F1583-91. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00496.2006. Epub 2007 Feb 6.
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Previously, of the cysteines (C437, C451, C470, and C474) that occur within transmembrane helices that comprise the hydrophilic cleft (proposed site of substrate binding), only C474 was accessible to maleimide-PEO(2)-biotin (hydrophilic thiol-reactive reagent), and covalent modif …
Previously, of the cysteines (C437, C451, C470, and C474) that occur within transmembrane helices that comprise the hydrophilic cleft (propo …