Y+L amino acid transporter 2

SLC7A6
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC7A6, LAT-2, LAT3, y+LAT-2, solute carrier family 7 member 6
External IDs	OMIM: 605641; MGI: 2142598; HomoloGene: 62496; GeneCards: SLC7A6; OMA:SLC7A6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 16 (human)
End	68,301,823 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (mouse)
End	106,925,338 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	apex of heart; ; gastrocnemius muscle; ; gastric mucosa; ; subcutaneous adipose tissue; ; tibialis anterior muscle; ; left ventricle; ; tibial nerve; ; abdominal fat; ; left lobe of thyroid gland; ; right auricle of heart;
	Top expressed in
	spermatocyte; ; primitive streak; ; embryo; ; neural tube; ; external carotid artery; ; abdominal wall; ; epiblast; ; ventricular zone; ; internal carotid artery; ; otic vesicle;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; antiporter activity; amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; transmembrane transporter activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; basolateral plasma membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; membrane; plasma membrane; intracellular membrane-bounded organelle;
Biological process	cellular amino acid metabolic process; amino acid transmembrane transport; amino acid transport; leukocyte migration; L-alpha-amino acid transmembrane transport; transmembrane transport; protein-containing complex assembly;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	9057
	330836
	ENSG00000103064
	ENSMUSG00000031904
	Q92536
	Q8BGK6
	NM_001076785; NM_003983
	NM_178798; NM_001357381; NM_001357382
	NP_001070253; NP_003974; NP_001070253.1; NP_003974.3
	NP_848913; NP_001344310; NP_001344311
	Wikidata
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Y+L amino acid transporter 2, also known as cationic amino acid transporter, y+ system, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC7A6 gene.^[5]^[6]

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Y+L amino acid transporter 2

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