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solute carrier family 7 member 3 (SLC7A3, cationic amino acid transporter 3, CAT-3, cationic amino acid transporter y+, ATRC)
Function:
- Na+ independent transport of the cationic amino acids arginine, lysine & ornithine
Structure:
- N-glycosylated
- belongs to the amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily, cationic amino acid transporter (CAT) (TC 2.A.3.3) family
Compartment: cell membrane
Expression:
- expressed in thymus, uterus & testis > brain, mammary gland, prostate, salivary gland & fetal spleen
- in brain, highest expression in thalamus, hippocampus & amygdala
General
glycoprotein
solute carrier family 7 (SLC7, SLC7A)
transmembrane 14 protein
Properties
SIZE: MW = 67 kD
entity length = 619 aa
COMPARTMENT: cellular membrane
MOTIF: cytoplasmic domain {1-36}
transmembrane domain {37-57}
exoplasmic loop {58-61}
transmembrane domain {62-82}
cytoplasmic loop {83-107}
transmembrane domain {108-128}
exoplasmic loop {129-162}
transmembrane domain {163-183}
cytoplasmic loop {184-191}
transmembrane domain {192-212}
exoplasmic loop {213-233}
MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N232}
transmembrane domain {234-254}
cytoplasmic loop {255-285}
transmembrane domain {286-306}
exoplasmic loop {307-335}
transmembrane domain {336-356}
cytoplasmic loop {357-382}
transmembrane domain {383-403}
exoplasmic loop {404-406}
transmembrane domain {407-427}
cytoplasmic loop {428-475}
transmembrane domain {476-496}
exoplasmic loop {497-506}
transmembrane domain {507-527}
cytoplasmic loop {528-540}
transmembrane domain {541-561}
exoplasmic loop {562-569}
transmembrane domain {570-590}
cytoplasmic domain {591-619}
Database Correlations
OMIM 300443
UniProt Q8WY07
Pfam PF00324
Kegg hsa:8488
References
UniProt :accession Q8WY07