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Facts about Monocarboxylate transporter 8.
Does not transportation Leu, Phe, Trp or Tyr. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SLC16A2 |
| Uniprot: | P36021 |
| Entrez: | 6567 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| major facilitator superfamily |

AHDS; DXS128; DXS128E; MCT 7; MCT 8; MCT8; MRX22; SLC16A2; solute carrier family 16, member 2 (monocarboxylic acid transporter 8); XPCT
Mass (kDA):
59.511 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xq13.2 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (74421493..74533916) |
Highly expressed in liver and heart.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 7981683 by Lafreniere R.G., et al. A novel transmembrane transporter encoded by the XPCT gene in Xq13.2.
PMID: 19797118 by Visser W.E., et al. Evidence for a homodimeric structure of human monocarboxylate transporter 8.