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Facts about Vesicular glutamate transporter 3.
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Mouse | |
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Gene Name: | Slc17a8 |
Uniprot: | Q8BFU8 |
Entrez: | 216227 |
Belongs to: |
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major facilitator superfamily |
solute carrier family 17 (sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter), member 8
Mass (kDA):
66.148 kDA
Mouse | |
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Location: | 10|10 C2 |
Sequence: | 10; |
Expressed in restricted areas of the brain. Highest expression is found in the neurons of the basal forebrain, the hippocampal formation, and the majority of the neurons of the mesencephalic raphe nuclei. Expressed in inner hair cells of the ear.
PMID: 12384506 by Schaefer M.K.-H., et al. Molecular cloning and functional identification of mouse vesicular glutamate transporter 3 and its expression in subsets of novel excitatory neurons.
PMID: 18674745 by Ruel J., et al. Impairment of SLC17A8 encoding vesicular glutamate transporter-3, VGLUT3, underlies nonsyndromic deafness DFNA25 and inner hair cell dysfunction in null mice.