Protein Name solute carrier family 1 member 3
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 6507
Gene Symbol

SLC1A3

UniProt P43003 (EAA1_HUMAN), Q7Z5T0 (Q7Z5T0_HUMAN), A0A087WT87 (A0A087WT87_HUMAN), A0A087X0U3 (A0A087X0U3_HUMAN), A0A024R050 (A0A024R050_HUMAN), Q8N169 (Q8N169_HUMAN), B4DF14 (B4DF14_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 179
Total Number of Articles : 268
Description

solute carrier family 1 member 3

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a member of a member of a high affinity glutamate transporter family. This gene functions in the termination of excitatory neurotransmission in central nervous system. Mutations are associated with episodic ataxia, Type 6. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, Feb 2014]

synonyms
  • excitatory amino acid transporter 1
  • GLAST-1
  • glutamate/aspartate transporter 1
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Properties