Journal articleAuthors : Pidathala, Shabareesh; Mallela, Aditya Kumar; Joseph, Deepthi (2020)
Norepinephrine is a biogenic amine neurotransmitter that has widespread effects on cardiovascular tone, alertness and sensation of pain. As a consequence, blockers of norepinephrine uptake have served as vital tools to treat depression and chronic pain. Here, we employ a modified Drosophila melanogaster dopamine transporter as a surrogate for the human norepinephrine transporter and determine the X-ray structures of the transporter in its substrate-free and norepi...