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Designing a Western blot for SLC1A3? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the SLC1A3 Western Blot GuideFacts about Excitatory amino acid transporter 1.
Mediates Cl(-) flux that's not coupled to amino acid transport; this avoids the accumulation of negative charges because of aspartate and Na(+) symport (PubMed:20477940). Plays a redundant role in the rapid removal of released glutamate from the synaptic cleft, which is vital for terminating the postsynaptic action of glutamate (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SLC1A3 |
| Uniprot: | P43003 |
| Entrez: | 6507 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| dicarboxylate/amino acid:cation symporter (DAACS) (TC 2.A.23) family |

EA6; EA6FLJ25094; EAAT1; EAAT1GLAST-1; excitatory amino acid transporter 1; GLAST; GLAST1; GLAST-1; GLASTGLAST1; SLC1A3; Sodium-dependent glutamate/aspartate transporter 1; solute carrier family 1 (glial high affinity glutamate transporter), member 3; Solute carrier family 1 member 3
Mass (kDA):
59.572 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 5p13.2 |
| Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (36606355..36688334) |
Detected in brain (PubMed:8218410, PubMed:7521911, PubMed:8123008). Detected at very much lower levels in heart, lung, placenta and skeletal muscle (PubMed:7521911, PubMed:8123008). Highly expressed in cerebellum, but also found in frontal cortex, hippocampus and basal ganglia (PubMed:7521911).
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.





PMID: 8218410 by Shashidharan P., et al. Cloning and characterization of a glutamate transporter cDNA from human cerebellum.
PMID: 7521911 by Arriza J.L., et al. Functional comparisons of three glutamate transporter subtypes cloned from human motor cortex.
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