Protein Name solute carrier family 2 member 3
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 6515
Gene Symbol

SLC2A3

UniProt P11169 (GTR3_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 133
Total Number of Articles : 278
Description

solute carrier family 2 member 3

Gene Summary

Enables dehydroascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity; glucose binding activity; and glucose transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in glucose import across plasma membrane and transport across blood-brain barrier. Is integral component of plasma membrane. Biomarker of Alzheimer's disease; acanthosis nigricans; diabetes mellitus; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

synonyms
  • solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 3
  • GLUT-3
  • glucose transporter type 3, brain
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Properties