Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6

SLC17A6
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC17A6 , DNPI, VGLUT2, solute carrier family 17 member 6
External IDs	OMIM: 607563 MGI: 2156052 HomoloGene: 121617 GeneCards: SLC17A6
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)
End	22,379,503 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End	51,320,867 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	pons; ; medulla oblongata; ; superior vestibular nucleus; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; ventral tegmental area; ; ganglionic eminence; ; Brodmann area 23; ; spinal ganglia; ; hypothalamus; ; entorhinal cortex;
	Top expressed in
	medial dorsal nucleus; ; pineal gland; ; mammillary body; ; habenula; ; inferior colliculus; ; ventral tegmental area; ; dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; ; medial geniculate nucleus; ; ventromedial nucleus; ; lateral geniculate nucleus;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	symporter activity ; L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity ; neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity ;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane ; neuron projection ; cell junction ; synapse ; synaptic vesicle membrane ; membrane ; cytoplasmic vesicle ; integral component of synaptic vesicle membrane ; excitatory synapse ;
Biological process	neurotransmitter transport ; ion transport ; sodium ion transport ; transport ; transmembrane transport ; L-glutamate transmembrane transport ; synaptic transmission, glutamatergic ; regulation of synapse structure or activity ; neurotransmitter loading into synaptic vesicle ;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	57084
	140919
	ENSG00000091664
	ENSMUSG00000030500
	Q9P2U8
	Q8BLE7
	NM_020346
	NM_080853 ; NM_001355150
	NP_065079
	NP_543129 ; NP_001342079
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Last updated March 04, 2023

Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC17A6 gene. ^[5]

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References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000091664 - Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030500 - Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Entrez Gene: Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6" . Retrieved 2016-02-02.

Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6

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