2014
Krypotou E, Diallinas G. 2014. Transport assays in filamentous fungi: Kinetic
characterization of the UapC purine transporter of Aspergillus nidulans.
Fungal
Genet Biol
63:1-8.
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2013
Karachaliou M, Amillis S, Evangelinos M, Kokotos AC, Yalelis V, Diallinas G. 2013.
The arrestin-like protein ArtA is essential for ubiquitination and endocytosis
of the UapA transporter in response to both broad-range and specific signals.
Mol Microbiol
88:301-17.
Diallinas G. 2013.
Allopurinol and
xanthine use different translocation mechanisms and trajectories in the fungal
UapA transporter. Biochimie
95:1755-64
2012
Leung J, Cameron AD, Diallinas G,
Byrne B. 2012. Stabilizing the heterologously expressed uric acid-xanthine
transporter UapA from the lower eukaryote Aspergillus nidulans.
Mol Membr Biol 30:32-42.
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Kosti V, Lamprinidis G, Myrianthopoulos V,
Diallinas G, Mikros E. 2012.
Identification of a substrate recognition and transport pathway in a Eukaryotic
Member of the Nucleobase-Ascorbate Transporter (NAT) Family.
PLoS One
7:e41939.
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Krypotou E, Kosti V, Amillis S, Myrianthopoulos V, Mikros E, Diallinas G. 2012.
Modeling, Substrate Docking and Mutational Analysis Identify Residues essential
for the function and specificity of a Eukaryotic Purine-Cytosine NCS1
Transporter.
J
Biol Chem
287:36792-803.
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2011
Soares-Silva I, Sá-Pessoa J, Myrianthopoulos V, Mikros E, Casal M, Diallinas G.
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Amillis S, Kosti V, Pantazopoulou A, Mikros E,
Diallinas G. 2011.
Mutational analysis and modeling reveal functionally critical residues in
transmembrane segments 1 and 3 of the UapA transporter.
J Mol Biol 411:567-80.
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2010
Gournas C,
Amillis S, Vlanti A and Diallinas G. 2010. Transport-dependent endocytosis and
turnover of a uric acid-xanthine permease.
Mol
Microbiol
75:246-260.
Conde A,
Diallinas G, Chaumont F, Chaves M, Gerós H. 2010.
Transporters,
channels, or simple diffusion?
Dogmas,
atypical roles and complexity in transport systems.
Int J Biochem Cell Biol
42:857-68.
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Kosti V, Papageorgiou I and Diallinas G. 2010.
Dynamic elements at both cytoplasmic- and extracellular-facing sides
of the UapA transporter selectively control the accessibility of
substrates to their translocation pathway.
J Mol Biol
397:1132-43.
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2009
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Hamari Z,
Amillis S, Drevet C, Apostolaki A, Vágvölgyi C, Diallinas G, Scazzocchio C.
2009. Convergent evolution and orphan genes in the Fur4p-like family and
characterisation of a general nucleoside transporter in Aspergillus nidulans.
Mol Microbiol. 73:43-57.
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Vangelatos
I, Vlachakis D, Sophianopoulou V, Diallinas G. 2009.
Modelling and mutational evidence identify the substrate binding site and
functional elements in APC amino acid transporters.
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2008
Goudela S,
Reichard U, Amillis S and Diallinas G. 2008. Characterization and kinetics of
the major purine transporters in
Aspergillus fumigatus. Fungal Genet
Biol 45:459-72.
Vlanti A
and Diallinas G.
2008.
The
Aspergillus nidulans FcyB cytosine-purine scavenger is highly expressed during
germination and in reproductive compartments and is down-regulated by
endocytosis. Mol Microbiol 68:
959-977.
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Gournas C,
Papageorgiou I and Diallinas G. 2008.
The Nucleobase-Ascorbate Transporter (NAT) family: Genomics, evolution,
structure-function relationships and physiological role.
Mol BioSys 4:
404 -416.
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Papageorgiou I, Gournas C, Vlanti A, Amillis S, Pantazopoulou A
and Diallinas G. 2008.
Specific
interdomain synergy in the UapA transporter determines its unique specificity
for uric acid among NAT carriers.
J Mol Biol
382:1121-1135.
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Diallinas
G.
2008. Biochemistry.
An
almost-complete movie.
Science
12:1644-5.
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Diallinas
G and Gournas C. 2008. Structure-function relationships in the
Nucleobase-Ascorbate
Transporter (NAT) family: Lessons from model microbial
genetic systems. Channels, 2:
363-372.
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cover
2007
Pantazopoulou A, Lemuh ND, Hatzinikolaou DG, Drevet C, Cecchetto G,
Scazzocchio C and Diallinas G. 2007. Differential physiological and
developmental expression of the UapA and AzgA purine transporters in
Aspergillus nidulans.
Fungal Genet Biol
44: 627-640.
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cover
Amillis S,
Hamari Z, Roumelioti K, Scazzocchio C and Diallinas G. 2007.
Regulation of Expression and Kinetic Modeling of Substrate Interactions
of a Uracil Transporter in Aspergillus
nidulans. Mol Membr Biol
24:206-214.
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Pantazopoulou A and Diallinas G, 2007.
Fungal
Nucleobase transporters.
FEMS Microbiol Rev
31:
657-675.
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Soares-Silva
I, Paiva S, Diallinas G, and Casal M. 2007.
The conserved sequence NXX[S/T]HX[S/T]QDXXXT of the lactate/pyruvate:H+
symporter subfamily defines the function of the substrate translocation pathway.
Mol Membr Biol 24: 464-474.
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2006
Vlanti A,
Amillis S, Koukaki M, and Diallinas G. 2006. The last transmembrane segment of
UapA, a member of the nucleobase-ascorbate transporter (NAT) family, includes a
substrate-selectivity filter and is necessary for ER-exit.
J Mol Biol
357: 808-819.
Goudela S, Tsilivi H and Diallinas G. 2006.
Comparative kinetic analysis of AzgA and Fcy21p, prototypes of the two major
fungal hypoxanthine-adenine-guanine transporter families.
Mol Membr Biol
23:
291-303.
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Pantazopoulou A and Diallinas G. 2006.
The first
transmembrane segment (TMS1) of UapA contains determinants necessary for
expression in the plasma membrane and purine transport.
Mol Membr Biol
23:
337-248.
S. Goudela,
Karatza P, Koukaki M, Frillingos S and
Diallinas G. 2005. Comparative substrate recognition by bacterial and
fungal purine transporters of the NAT/NCS2 family.
Mol Membr Biol 22: 263-275.
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Koukaki M,
Vlanti A, Goudela S, Pantazopoulou A, Gioule H, Tournaviti S and
Diallinas G. 2005. The
Nucleobase-Ascorbate Transporter (NAT) Signature Motif in UapA Defines the
Function of the Purine Translocation Pathway.
J Mol Biol 350: 499-513.
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2004
Cecchetto
G, Amillis S, Diallinas G,
Scazzocchio C, Drevet C, 2004. The AzgA purine transporter of
Aspergillus nidulans:
characterisation of a protein belonging to a new phylogenetic cluster.
J Biol Chem 279:
3132-3141.
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Amillis S, Cecchetto G, Sophianopoulou V, Koukaki M, Scazzocchio C
and
Diallinas
G. 2004. Transcriptional activation of purine transporters during the conidial
isotropic growth phase of
Aspergillus
nidulans. Mol Microbiol
52:
205-216.
Koukaki M,
Giannoutsou E, Karagouni A, Diallinas G.
Argyrou E,
Sophianopoulou V, Schultes N, and
Diallinas G. 2001.
Functional
characterization of a maize purine transporter by expression in
Aspergillus nidulans.
Plant Cell
13:
953-964.
Amillis S,
Koukaki M and Diallinas G. 2001. Substitution F569S converts UapA, a specific
uric acid-xanthine transporter, into a broad specificity transporter for
purine-related solutes. J Mol Biol
313:
765-774.
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2000
De Koning
H and Diallinas G. 2000. Nucleobase transporters.
Mol Membr Biol 17: 75-94.
Meintanis C,
Karagouni A and Diallinas G. 2000.
Amino acid
residues N450 and Q449 are critical for the uptake capacity and specificity of
UapA, a prototype of a nucleobase-ascorbate transporter family.
Mol Membr Biol 17:47-57.
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