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Facts about Sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporter 2.
May be responsible for the first step of reabsorption of monocarboxylates in the lumen of the proximal tubule of the kidney and the small intestine. May play also a role in monocarboxylates transport from the retina (By similarity).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SLC5A12 |
Uniprot: | Q1EHB4 |
Entrez: | 159963 |
Belongs to: |
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sodium:solute symporter (SSF) (TC 2.A.21) family |
Electroneutral sodium monocarboxylate cotransporter; Low-affinity sodium-lactate cotransporter; MGC52019; SMCT2DKFZp564G223; sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporter 2; sodium-iodide related cotransporter; solute carrier family 5 (sodium/glucose cotransporter), member 12; Solute carrier family 5 member 12
Mass (kDA):
67.647 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 11p14.2 |
Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (26667020..26723356, complement) |
Apical cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Detected at the brush border membrane of the kidney. Colocalizes with viementin in Mueller cells (By similarity).
PMID: 17692818 by Gopal E., et al. Cloning and functional characterization of human SMCT2 (SLC5A12) and expression pattern of the transporter in kidney.