| Transporter Information: | |
| Name: | solute carrier family 7 (cationic amino acid transporter, y+ system), member 6 |
|---|---|
| Symbol: | SLC7A6 |
| TC: | 2.A.3.8.7 |
| Locations: | 16q22.1-16q22.2 |
| Aliases: | y+LAT-2, KIAA0245, LAT3 |
| GenBank: | D87432 |
| Swiss-Prot: | Q92536 |
| Accession Number: | NM_003983 |
| GDB | GDB:9785348 |
| LocusLink | 9057 |
| OMIM | 605641 |
| PubMed (9878049): | Pfeiffer R, Rossier G, Spindler B, Meier C, Kuhn L, Verrey F. Amino acid transport of y+L-type by heterodimers of 4F2hc/CD98 and members ofthe glycoprotein-associated amino acid transporter family.EMBO J. 1999 Jan 4;18(1):49-57. PMID: 9878049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Amino acid transport across cellular membranes is mediated by multiple transporters with overlapping specificities. We recently have identified the vertebrate proteins which mediate Na+-independent exchange of large neutral amino acids corresponding to transport system L. This transporter consists of a novel amino acid permease-related protein (LAT1 or AmAT-L-lc) which for surface expression and function requires formation of disulfide-linked heterodimers with the glycosylated heavy chain of the h4F2/CD98 surface antigen. We show that h4F2hc also associates with other mammalian light chains, e.g. y+LAT1 from mouse and human which are approximately 48% identical with LAT1 and thus belong to the same family of glycoprotein-associated amino acid transporters. The novel heterodimers form exchangers which mediate the cellular efflux of cationic amino acids and the Na+-dependent uptake of large neutral amino acids. These transport characteristics and kinetic and pharmacological fingerprints identify them as y+L-type transport systems. The mRNA encoding my+LAT1 is detectable in most adult tissues and expressed at high levels in kidney cortex and intestine. This suggests that the y+LAT1-4F2hc heterodimer, besides participating in amino acid uptake/secretion in many cell types, is the basolateral amino acid exchanger involved in transepithelial reabsorption of cationic amino acids; hence, its defect might be the cause of the human genetic disease lysinuric protein intolerance. |
>sp|Q92536|YLAT2_HUMAN Y+L amino acid transporter 2 OS=Homo sapiens GN=SLC7A6 PE=1 SV=3 MEAREPGRPTPTYHLVPNTSQSQVEEDVSSPPQRSSETMQLKKEISLLNGVSLVVGNMIGSGIFVSPKGVLVHTASYGMS LIVWAIGGLFSVVGALCYAELGTTITKSGASYAYILEAFGGFIAFIRLWVSLLVVEPTGQAIIAITFANYIIQPSFPSCD PPYLACRLLAAACICLLTFVNCAYVKWGTRVQDTFTYAKVVALIAIIVMGLVKLCQGHSEHFQDAFEGSSWDMGNLSLAL YSALFSYSGWDTLNFVTEEIKNPERNLPLAIGISMPIVTLIYILTNVAYYTVLNISDVLSSDAVAVTFADQTFGMFSWTI PIAVALSCFGGLNASIFASSRLFFVGSREGHLPDLLSMIHIERFTPIPALLFNCTMALIYLIVEDVFQLINYFSFSYWFF VGLSVVGQLYLRWKEPKRPRPLKLSVFFPIVFCICSVFLVIVPLFTDTINSLIGIGIALSGVPFYFMGVYLPESRRPLFI RNVLAAITRGTQQLCFCVLTELDVAEEKKDERKTD | |