Proton-coupled amino acid transporter 2

Proton-coupled amino acid transporter 2 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC36A2 gene.[5]

SLC36A2
Identifiers
AliasesSLC36A2, PAT2, TRAMD1, solute carrier family 36 member 2
External IDsOMIM: 608331; MGI: 1891430; HomoloGene: 72100; GeneCards: SLC36A2; OMA:SLC36A2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_181776

NM_153170

RefSeq (protein)

NP_861441

NP_694810

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 151.31 – 151.35 MbChr 11: 55.05 – 55.08 Mb
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Function

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SLC36A2 transports small amino acids (glycine, alanine, and proline) and also the D-enantiomers and select amino acid derivatives, such as gamma-aminobutyric acid.[5][6]

Clinical significance

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Mutations in the SLC36A2 gene are associated with Iminoglycinuria.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000186335Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020264Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b Boll M, Foltz M, Rubio-Aliaga I, Daniel H (July 2003). "A cluster of proton/amino acid transporter genes in the human and mouse genomes". Genomics. 82 (1): 47–56. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(03)00099-5. PMID 12809675.
  6. ^ Boll M, Foltz M, Rubio-Aliaga I, Kottra G, Daniel H (June 2002). "Functional characterization of two novel mammalian electrogenic proton-dependent amino acid cotransporters". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (25): 22966–73. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200374200. PMID 11959859.
  7. ^ Bröer S, Bailey CG, Kowalczuk S, Ng C, Vanslambrouck JM, Rodgers H, Auray-Blais C, Cavanaugh JA, Bröer A, Rasko JE (December 2008). "Iminoglycinuria and hyperglycinuria are discrete human phenotypes resulting from complex mutations in proline and glycine transporters". J. Clin. Invest. 118 (12): 3881–92. doi:10.1172/JCI36625. PMC 2579706. PMID 19033659.

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