Protein Name solute carrier family 25 member 29
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 123096
Gene Symbol

SLC25A29

UniProt Q8N8R3 (MCATL_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 30
Total Number of Articles : 10
Description

solute carrier family 25 member 29

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a nuclear-encoded mitochondrial protein that is a member of the large family of solute carrier family 25 (SLC25) mitochondrial transporters. The members of this superfamily are involved in numerous metabolic pathways and cell functions. This gene product was previously reported to be a mitochondrial carnitine-acylcarnitine-like (CACL) translocase (PMID:128829710) or an ornithine transporter (designated ORNT3, PMID:19287344), however, a recent study characterized the main role of this protein as a mitochondrial transporter of basic amino acids, with a preference for arginine and lysine (PMID:24652292). Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2014]

synonyms
  • mitochondrial basic amino acids transporter
  • carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase like
  • mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier protein CACL
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Properties