SLC27A3

Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC27A3 gene.^[5][6]

SLC27A3
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC27A3, ACSVL3, FATP3, VLCS-3, solute carrier family 27 member 3
External IDs	OMIM: 604193; MGI: 1347358; HomoloGene: 11529; GeneCards: SLC27A3; OMA:SLC27A3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 1 (human)[1] Band 1q21.3 Start 153,774,354 bp[1] End 153,780,157 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 3 (mouse)[2] Band 3|3 F1 Start 90,292,546 bp[2] End 90,297,245 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in granulocyte Descending thoracic aorta ascending aorta right lung gastric mucosa right coronary artery subcutaneous adipose tissue upper lobe of left lung left coronary artery monocyte Top expressed in yolk sac adrenal gland lip renal corpuscle otic vesicle embryo urethra tail of embryo embryo spermatocyte More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity nucleotide binding ligase activity catalytic activity very long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity long-chain fatty acid transporter activity ATP binding Cellular component integral component of membrane membrane mitochondrial membranes mitochondrion endoplasmic reticulum Biological process metabolism long-chain fatty acid metabolic process fatty acid metabolic process lipid metabolism long-chain fatty acid transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 11000 26568 Ensembl ENSG00000263163 ENSG00000143554 ENSMUSG00000027932 UniProt Q5K4L6 O88561 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_024330 NM_001317929 NM_011988 NM_001316688 RefSeq (protein) NP_001304858 NP_077306 NP_001303617 NP_036118 Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 153.77 – 153.78 Mb Chr 3: 90.29 – 90.3 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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In melanocytic cells SLC27A3 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.^[7]

See also

• SLC27A3+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Solute carrier family