R. Bryan Sutton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Telephone: (409) 772-1305
Fax: (409) 747-8407
E-mail:rbsutton@utmb.edu
Campus Location: 2.206D Mary Moody Northen
Mail Route: 0437

Research

My research focuses on the structure of the recently identified vesicular glutamate transporter. The transmembrane protein is a member of the SLC17 (Solute Carrier 17) family of transporters; therefore, it shares significant similarity with several prokaryotic sugar porter proteins. This similarity provides a source of protein for studying the structure of SLC17 proteins in general. This work is carried out in the Membrane Protein Laboratory (MPL), a facility co-directed by Drs. Ehud M. Landau and Javier Navarro.