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Facts about Chromaffin granule amine transporter.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SLC18A1 |
Uniprot: | P54219 |
Entrez: | 6570 |
Belongs to: |
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major facilitator superfamily |
CGAT; SLC18A1; solute carrier family 18 (vesicular monoamine), member 1; VAT1; VMAT1
Mass (kDA):
56.257 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 8p21.3 |
Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (20144855..20183206, complement) |
Highly expressed in chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla (at protein level). Detected in peripheral sympathetic ganglia (at protein level). Found in some paracrine cells in stomach and duodenum (at protein level).
[Isoform 1]: Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle, synaptic vesicle membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.; [Isoform 2]: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 8643547 by Erickson J.D., et al. Distinct pharmacological properties and distribution in neurons and endocrine cells of two isoforms of the human vesicular monoamine transporter.
PMID: 16326835 by Essand M., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel splicing variant of vesicular monoamine transporter 1.