Mutation of two conserved arginine residues in the glucose transporter GLUT4 supresses transport activity, but not glucose-inhibitable binding of inhibitory ligands

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1987 • 90 citations

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Substitution of tyrosine 293 of GLUT1 locks the transporter into an outward facing conformation

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