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Facts about Sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2.
May function in the transport of amino acids at the blood- brain barrier and in the source of maternal nutrients to the fetus through the placenta. .
| Rat | |
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| Gene Name: | Slc38a2 |
| Uniprot: | Q9JHE5 |
| Entrez: | 29642 |

| Belongs to: |
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| amino acid/polyamine transporter 2 family |

Amino acid transporter A2; ata2; ATA2System A transporter 1; KIAA1382System N amino acid transporter 2; pro1068; Protein 40-9-1; sat2; SAT2PRO1068; snat2; SNAT2amino acid transporter 2; sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2; Solute carrier family 38 member 2; solute carrier family 38, member 2; System A amino acid transporter 2
Mass (kDA):
55.554 kDA

| Rat | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 7q35 |
| Sequence: | 7; |
Widely expressed. Expressed in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue (at protein level). Expressed by glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons together with astrocytes and other non- neuronal cells in the cerebral cortex (at protein level).



PMID: 10747860 by Sugawara M., et al. Cloning of an amino acid transporter with functional characteristics and tissue expression pattern identical to that of system A.
PMID: 10811809 by Yao D., et al. A novel system A isoform mediating Na+/neutral amino acid cotransport.