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Facts 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.