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Contents XV
11 Amino Acid Transport in Plants and Transport
of Neurotransmitters in Animals: a Common Mechanism? 153
Tobias Müller, Wolfgang Koch, Daniel Wipf
11.1 Introduction .................................................................. 153
11.2 Amino Acid Transport in Animals..................................... 154
11.2.1 Sodium Dicarboxylate Symporter Family
(SDS, SLC1) .......................................................... 154
11.2.2 The Sodium- and Chloride-Dependent
Neurotransmitter Transporter Family (NTF, SLC6) ..... 156
11.2.3 Cationic Amino Acid Transporters and Heteromeric
AminoAcidTransporters (SLC7) ............................. 156
11.2.4 The Type I Phosphate Transporter Family (SLC17) ..... 157
11.2.5 The Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transporter
Family (VIAAT, SLC32) .......................................... 157
11.2.6 The Proton/Amino Acid Transporter
Family (PAT, SLC36)............................................... 157
11.2.7 The Sodium-Coupled Neutral Amino
AcidTransporterFamily (SNAT, SLC38).................... 158
11.3 Amino Acid Transport in Plants ........................................ 159
11.3.1 Amino Acid–Polyamine–Choline Transporter Family 159
11.3.2 AminoAcidTransporterFamily1 ............................ 160
11.4 Conclusions and Future Prospects ..................................... 165
References ............................................................................. 166
12 GABA and GHB Neurotransmitters in Plants and Animals 171
Aaron Fait, Ayelet Yellin, Hillel Fromm
12.1 Introduction .................................................................. 171
12.2 TheGABA ShuntandGABA Signaling ............................... 173
12.2.1 MammalianGABASignaling................................... 173
12.2.2 GABA Signaling in Plants........................................ 173
12.2.3 GABATransporters................................................ 175
12.3 GHB, a By-Product of the GABA Shunt
anda Neurotransmitter ................................................... 177
12.3.1 FromElixirofLife to Date-RapeDrug ...................... 177
12.3.2 SSADH Inborn Deficiency: the Dark Side of GHB....... 178
12.3.3 The GABA Shunt and Redox Imbalance:
fromBacteriatoHumans........................................ 179
12.3.4 The GABA Shunt, GHB,
and the Redox State in Plants................................... 180
12.4 Conclusions and Future Perspectives ................................. 181
References ............................................................................. 181