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Facts about Sodium- and chloride-dependent betaine transporter.
Transports betaine and GABA.
May have a role in regulation of GABAergic transmission in the brain through the reuptake of GABA into presynaptic terminals, as well as in osmotic regulation..
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SLC6A12 |
Uniprot: | P48065 |
Entrez: | 6539 |
Belongs to: |
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sodium:neurotransmitter symporter (SNF) (TC 2.A.22) family |
BGT1; FLJ38727; gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter; solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, betaine/GABA), member 12
Mass (kDA):
69.368 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 12p13.33 |
Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (190081..214157, complement) |
Liver, heart, skeletal muscle, placenta, and a widespread distribution in the brain.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 7589472 by Rasola A., et al. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a GABA/betaine transporter from human kidney.
PMID: 7861179 by Borden L.A., et al. Cloning and expression of a betaine/GABA transporter from human brain.