| Protein Name | Vesicular glutamate transporter |
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| Organism | Drosophila melanogaster |
| Gene ID | 33427 |
| Gene Symbol | VGlut |
| UniProt | Q9VQC0 (Q9VQC0_DROME) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 13 |
Description |
Vesicular glutamate transporter |
| Gene Summary |
Enables neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in several processes, including glutamatergic synaptic transmission; positive regulation of neuromuscular synaptic transmission; and regulation of membrane potential in photoreceptor cell. Located in synaptic vesicle membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including ganglia; neurons; organism subdivision; synaptic neuropil domain; and synaptic neuropil subdomain. Used to study Parkinson's disease and neurodegenerative disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness 25. Orthologous to several human genes including SLC17A7 (solute carrier family 17 member 7) and SLC17A8 (solute carrier family 17 member 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025] |
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