Protein Name solute carrier family 16 member 2
Organism Danio rerio
Gene ID 100884148
Gene Symbol

slc16a2

UniProt G8XYX6 (G8XYX6_DANRE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 8
Total Number of Articles : 5
Description

solute carrier family 16 member 2

Gene Summary

Enables thyroid hormone binding activity and thyroid hormone transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including nervous system development; optomotor response; and thyroid gland development. Predicted to be located in apical plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including cardiovascular system; central nervous system; digestive system; eye; and hindbrain neural keel. Used to study Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome and intellectual disability. Orthologous to human SLC16A2 (solute carrier family 16 member 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • monocarboxylate transporter 8
  • solute carrier family 16 (monocarboxylic acid transporters), member 2
  • solute carrier family 16, member 2 (thyroid hormone transporter)
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Properties