Excitatory amino acid transporter 4

Last updated

SLC1A6
Identifiers
Aliases SLC1A6 , EAAT4, solute carrier family 1 member 6
External IDs OMIM: 600637; MGI: 1096331; HomoloGene: 21055; GeneCards: SLC1A6; OMA:SLC1A6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_009200

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001259016
NP_001259017
NP_005062

NP_033226

Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 14.95 – 15.02 Mb Chr 10: 78.62 – 78.65 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
Wikidata
View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse

Excitatory amino-acid transporter 4 (EAAT4) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC1A6 gene. [5] [6]

EAAT4 is expressed predominantly in the cerebellum, has high affinity for the excitatory amino acids L-aspartate and L-glutamate. When stimulated by these amino acids, EAAT4 conducts chloride ions. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000105143 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000005357 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: solute carrier family 1 (high affinity aspartate/glutamate transporter)".
  6. 1 2 Fairman WA, Vandenberg RJ, Arriza JL, Kavanaugh MP, Amara SG (June 1995). "An excitatory amino-acid transporter with properties of a ligand-gated chloride channel". Nature. 375 (6532): 599–603. Bibcode:1995Natur.375..599F. doi:10.1038/375599a0. PMID   7791878. S2CID   4334983.

Further reading