Protein Name solute carrier family 17 member 6
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 57084
Gene Symbol

SLC17A6

UniProt Q9P2U8 (VGLU2_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 57
Total Number of Articles : 61
Description

solute carrier family 17 member 6

Gene Summary

Enables L-glutamate uniporter activity. Involved in L-glutamate import and phosphate ion homeostasis. Located in synaptic vesicle membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • vesicular glutamate transporter 2
  • differentiation-associated BNPI
  • differentiation-associated Na(+)-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter
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Properties