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Designing a Western blot for SLC1A4? 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 SLC1A4 Western Blot GuideDesigning an IHC experiment for SLC1A4? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the SLC1A4 IHC GuideFacts about Neutral amino acid transporter A.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SLC1A4 |
| Uniprot: | P43007 |
| Entrez: | 6509 |

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

Alanine/serine/cysteine/threonine transporter 1; ASCT1 ASCT-1; ASCT1; neutral amino acid transporter A; SATTglutamate/neutral amino acid transporter; solute carrier family 1 (glutamate/neutral amino acid transporter), member 4; Solute carrier family 1 member 4
Mass (kDA):
55.723 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 2p14 |
| Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (64988479..65023865) |
Expressed mostly in brain, muscle, and pancreas but detected in all tissues examined.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Melanosome. Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV.




PMID: 8101838 by Arriza J.L., et al. Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transporter with structural similarity to the glutamate transporter gene family.
PMID: 8340364 by Shafqat S., et al. Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral amino acid transporter structurally related to mammalian Na+/glutamate cotransporters.