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Gene details

Summary of gene annotations and link-out to annotation databases

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SLC38A1 - solute carrier family 38 member 1

Function

Symporter that cotransports short-chain neutral amino acids and sodium ions from the extraccellular to the intracellular side of the cell membrane (PubMed:20599747, PubMed:10891391). The transport is elctrogenic, pH dependent and driven by the Na(+) electrochemical gradient (PubMed:10891391). Participates in the astroglia-derived glutamine transport into GABAergic interneurons for neurotransmitter GABA de novo synthesis (By similarity). May also contributes to amino acid transport in placental trophoblasts (PubMed:20599747). Also regulates synaptic plasticity (PubMed:12388062).

Uniprot Browser
Entrez IDEnsEMBL IDPreferred NameUniprot ID
81539 ENSG00000111371 SLC38A1 Q9H2H9

Gene Regulons

List of regulons containing the gene.

A gene can be associated with multiple causal flows as a member of multiple regulons

RegulonProgram# genes# regulators# causal flows