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Both rodent PCFT proteins traffic to the cell membrane with the NH<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>- and COOH-termini accessible to antibodies targeted to these domains only in permeabilized HeLa cells. This, together with computer-based topological analyses, is consistent with a model in which rodent PCFT proteins likely contain 12 transmembrane domains. Transport of [<jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>H]folates was optimal at pH 5.5 and decreased with increasing pH due to an increase in K<jats:sub>m<\/jats:sub> and a decrease in V<jats:sub>max<\/jats:sub>. At pH 7.0, folic acid and methotrexate influx was negligible, but there was residual (6 S)5-methyltetrahydrofolate transport. Uptake of folates in PCFT-injected Xenopus oocytes was electrogenic and pH dependent. Folic acid influx K<jats:sub>m<\/jats:sub> values of MmPCFT and RnPCFT, assessed electrophysiologically, were 0.7 and 0.3 \u03bcM at pH 5.5 and 1.1 and 0.8 \u03bcM at pH 6.5, respectively. Rodent PCFTs were highly specific for monoglutamyl but not polyglutamyl methotrexate. MmPCFT mRNA was highly expressed in the duodenum, proximal jejunum, liver, and kidney with lesser expression in the brain and other tissues. MmPCFT protein was localized to the apical brush-border membrane of the duodenum and proximal jejunum. 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