Fig. 3. Utility of the V-type H+ ATPase expressed in endosomal
membranes. Large transmembrane H+ electrochemical potentials
generated by the V-type H+ ATPase drive the electrophoretic uptake
of malate in vacuoles of plants (A), electrophoretic Cl- transport
across endocytotic membranes via the Cl-/H+
antiporter ClC-5 (B), and the uptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin
(S+) in synaptic vesicles via VMAT, a member of the SLC18
family of solute-linked-carriers (C). See
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for the HUGO classification of solute-linked-carriers.