SLC36: The proton-coupled amino acid 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

SLC36A1

PAT1

LYAAT1

Gly, Ala, Pro, GABA, D-Ala, MeAIB

C / H+

Brain (neurons), intestine, colon, kidney, lung, liver, spleen/

Lysosomes (neurons),

apical membrane (Caco-2 cells)

 

-

5q33.1

NM_078483

-

SLC36A2

PAT2 

Tramdorin1

Gly, Ala, Pro

C / H+

Lung, heart, kidney, muscle, testis, spleen, adrenal gland, thymus, sciatic nerve (Schwann cells)

-

5q33.1

NM_181776

-

SLC36A3

PAT3

-

-

O

-

-

5q33.1

NM_181774

-

SLC36A4

PAT4 

LYAAT2

-

O

-

-

11q14.3

NM_152313

-




References:

Original version of the SLC table:

Boll M, Daniel H, Gasnier B. The SLC36 family: proton-coupled transporters for the absorption of selected amino acids from extracellular and intracellular proteolysis. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):776-9.