Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6

Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC17A6 gene. ^[5]

SLC17A6
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC17A6, DNPI, VGLUT2, solute carrier family 17 member 6
External IDs	OMIM: 607563; MGI: 2156052; HomoloGene: 121617; GeneCards: SLC17A6; OMA:SLC17A6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11p14.3 Start 22,338,381 bp[1] End 22,379,503 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7|7 B4 Start 51,271,754 bp[2] End 51,320,867 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in lateral nuclear group of thalamus pons buccal mucosa cell medulla oblongata superior vestibular nucleus middle temporal gyrus ventral tegmental area ganglionic eminence Brodmann area 23 primary visual cortex Top expressed in medial dorsal nucleus pineal gland mammillary body habenula inferior colliculi ventral tegmental area dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus medial geniculate nucleus ventromedial nucleus lateral geniculate nucleus More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function symporter activity L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity Cellular component integral component of membrane neuron projection cell junction synapse synaptic vesicle membrane membrane cytoplasmic vesicle integral component of synaptic vesicle membrane excitatory synapse Biological process neurotransmitter transport ion transport sodium ion transport transport transmembrane transport L-glutamate transmembrane transport synaptic transmission, glutamatergic regulation of synapse structure or activity neurotransmitter loading into synaptic vesicle Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 57084 140919 Ensembl ENSG00000091664 ENSMUSG00000030500 UniProt Q9P2U8 Q8BLE7 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_020346 NM_080853 NM_001355150 RefSeq (protein) NP_065079 NP_543129 NP_001342079 Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 22.34 – 22.38 Mb Chr 7: 51.27 – 51.32 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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