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Facts about Proton-coupled folate transporter.
Dietary heme iron is also an important nutritional source of iron. Shows a greater affinity for folate compared to heme.
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Gene Name: | Slc46a1 |
Uniprot: | Q6PEM8 |
Entrez: | 52466 |
Belongs to: |
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major facilitator superfamily |
FLJ39875; G21; HCP1PCFT/HCP1; Heme carrier protein 1; MGC9564; PCFTsolute carrier family 46, member 1; proton-coupled folate transporter; solute carrier family 46 (folate transporter), member 1; Solute carrier family 46 member 1
Mass (kDA):
50.089 kDA
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Location: | 11 B5|11 46.74 cM |
Sequence: | 11; |
Highly expressed in duodenum, especially in duodenal mucosa, the main site of intestinal heme absorption. Weakly expressed in the kidney. Not expressed in duodenum before weaning or in placenta. Weakly or not expressed in brain, heart, lung, skeletal muscle, testis and neonatal liver.
PMID: 16143108 by Shayeghi M., et al. Identification of an intestinal heme transporter.