SLC17: The vesicular glutamate transporter family

Human Gene

Name

Protein

Name

Aliases

Predominant Substrates

Transport type /Coupling ions *)

Tissue distribution and cellular/ subcellular expression

 

Link to disease #)

Human gene locus

Sequence

Accession

ID

Splice variants and their specific features

SLC17A1

NPT1

NaPi1

organic acids

Phosphate

chloride

 

unknown

Na+

channel

kidney, liver

 

6p21.3-p23

 

NM_005074

a, b,c

SLC17A2

NPT3

 

unknown

 

Heart, muscle,

Brain, placenta, lung, liver kidney, pancreas

 

 

6p21.3-p23

NM_005835

 

SLC17A3

NPT4

 

unknown

 

liver, kidney

Small intestine, testis

 

6p21.3-p23

NM_006632

 

SLC17A4

Na+/PO4--cotransporter homologue

 

unknown

 

Small intestine, colon, liver, pancreas

 

6p21.3-p23

NM_005495

 

SLC17A5

sialin

AST

Sialic acid

C/ H+

Heart, brain, liver, lung, pancreas, placenta, muscle, uterus, bladder, kidney, spleen.

Sialic acid storage disease (Salla disease) G

6q14-q15

NM_012434

 

SLC17A6

 

vglut2

DNPI

glutamate

E / H+

Brain (neurons only), endocine

 

11p14.3

NM_020346

 

SLC17A7

 

vglut1 

BNPI

glutamate

E / H+

Brain (neurons only), endocrine

 

19q13

NM_020309

 

SLC17A8

Vglut3

 

glutamate

E / H+

Brain (neurons and glia), liver, kidney

 

12q23.2

NM_139319

 




References:

Original version of the SLC table:


Reimer RJ, Edwards RH. Organic anion transport is the primary function of the SLC17/type I phosphate transporter family. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):629-35.