SLC27: The fatty acid transport protein 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

SLC27A1

FATP1

 

Long-chain fatty acids

unknown

Adipose tissue, muscle, brain, heart

unknown

19p13.1

NM_198580

unknown

SLC27A2

FATP2

VLACS

Long-chain fatty acids

unknown

Kidney cortex, liver

unknown

 15q21.2

NM_003645

unknown

SLC27A3

FATP3

 

Long-chain fatty acids

unknown

Lung, multiple organs

unknown

1q21.1

NM_024330

unknown

SLC27A4

FATP4

 

Long-chain fatty acids

unknown

Intestine, brain, adipose tissue, muscle

unknown

9q34

NM_005094

unknown

SLC27A5

FATP5

VLCS-H2

Long-chain fatty acids

unknown

liver

unknown

19q13.4

NM_012254

unknown

SLC27A6

FATP6

VLCS-H1

Long-chain fatty acids

unknown

heart

unknown

5q23

NM_014031

NM_001017372

unknown




References:

Original version of the SLC table:

Stahl A. A current review of fatty acid transport proteins (SLC27). Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):722-7.