SLC43: Na+-independent, system-L like amino acid transporter family

Proposed

New Human

Gene Name

Current human

gene

name

Protein

Name

Predominent

Substrates

Transport type

Coupling ions

Tissue distribution &

cellular/subcellular

expression

Link to

disease

Human gene

locus

Sequence

Accession ID

Splice variants

and their features

 

SLC43A1

LAT3

PB39, POV1, R00504

 neutral amino acids

 F

 pancreas and liver

 

11p11.2-p11.1

NM_003627

 

SLC43A2

 LAT4

 

 neutral amino acids

 F

placenta, kidney, and intestine

 

17p13.3

NM_152346

 

SLC43A3

 EEG1

 

 

 

fetal liver, lung, placenta, and kidney

 

11q11

NM_017611

 





References:

Hediger MA, Romero MF, Peng JB, Rolfs A, Takanaga H, Bruford EA. The ABCs of solute carriers: physiological, pathological and therapeutic implications of human membrane transport proteins: Introduction. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):465-8.