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Facts about Solute carrier family 22 member 5.
Transports one sodium ion with one molecule of carnitine. Also transports organic cations such as tetraethylammonium (TEA) without the involvement of sodium.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SLC22A5 |
Uniprot: | O76082 |
Entrez: | 6584 |
Belongs to: |
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major facilitator (TC 2.A.1) superfamily |
CDSP; FLJ46769; High-affinity sodium-dependent carnitine cotransporter; OCTN2; OCTN2high-affinity sodium dependent carnitine cotransporter; OCTN2VT; organic cation transporter 2; organic cation transporter 5; Organic cation/carnitine transporter 2; SCD; SLC22A5; solute carrier family 22 (organic cation transporter), member 5; solute carrier family 22 (organic cation/carnitine transporter), member 5; solute carrier family 22 member 5
Mass (kDA):
62.752 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 5q31.1 |
Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (132369704..132395614) |
Strongly expressed in kidney, skeletal muscle, heart and placenta. Highly expressed in intestinal cell types affected by Crohn disease, including epithelial cells. Expressed in CD68 macrophage and CD43 T-cells but not in CD20 B-cells.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 9618255 by Wu X., et al. cDNA sequence, transport function, and genomic organization of human OCTN2, a new member of the organic cation transporter family.
PMID: 9685390 by Tamai I., et al. Molecular and functional identification of sodium ion-dependent, high affinity human carnitine transporter OCTN2.