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Facts about Solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B3.
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| Human | |
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| Gene Name: | SLCO1B3 |
| Uniprot: | Q9NPD5 |
| Entrez: | 28234 |

| Belongs to: |
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| organo anion transporter (TC 2.A.60) family |

Liver-specific organic anion transporter 2; liver-specific organic anion transporter 3TM13; LST2; LST-2; LST3; OATP1B3; OATP1B3LST-3TM13; OATP8; OATP-8; Organic anion transporter 8; organic anion transporter LST-3c; Organic anion-transporting polypeptide 8; SLC21A8; SLCO1B3; solute carrier family 21 (organic anion transporter), member 8; Solute carrier family 21 member 8; solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1B3; solute carrier organic anion transporter family, member 1B3
Mass (kDA):
77.403 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12p12.2 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (20810705..20916911) |
Highly expressed in liver, in particular at the basolateral membrane of hepatocytes near the central vein. Not detected in other tissues. Highly expressed in some cancer cell lines derived from colon, pancreas, liver and gall bladder.
Basolateral cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 10779507 by Koenig J., et al. Localization and genomic organization of a new hepatocellular organic anion transporting polypeptide.
PMID: 11375950 by Abe T., et al. LST-2, a human liver-specific organic anion transporter, determines methotrexate sensitivity in gastrointestinal cancers.