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Facts about Sodium- and chloride-dependent taurine transporter.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | SLC6A6 |
Uniprot: | P31641 |
Entrez: | 6533 |
Belongs to: |
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sodium:neurotransmitter symporter (SNF) (TC 2.A.22) family |
MGC10619; MGC131729; SLC6A6; sodium- and chloride-dependent taurine transporter; solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, taurine), member 6; TauT; TAUTSolute carrier family 6 member 6
Mass (kDA):
69.83 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 3p25.1 |
Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (14402576..14489349) |
Expressed abundantly in placenta and skeletal muscle, at intermediate levels in heart, brain, lung, kidney and pancreas and at low levels in liver.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 8382624 by Jhiang S.M., et al. Cloning of the human taurine transporter and characterization of taurine uptake in thyroid cells.
PMID: 8010975 by Ramamoorthy S., et al. Functional characterization and chromosomal localization of a cloned taurine transporter from human placenta.