2.A.17.4.9
Solute carrier family 15 member 1 (Intestinal H⁺:peptide cotransporter) (Oligopeptide transporter, small intestine isoform) (Peptide transporter 1, PepT1).  Takes up oligopeptides of 2 to 4 amino acids with a preference for dipeptides, a major route for the absorption of protein digestion end-products. PepT1 is modified by N-glycosylation, and all six asparagine residues in the large extracellular loop between TMSs 9 and 10 are subject to N-glycosylation.  This allows proper association with the plasma membrane and/or stabilization (Chan et al. 2016). Transports opioid peptides (Ganapathy and Miyauchi 2005), can serve as a druh importer and plays a role in inflammatory bowel diseases (Viennois et al. 2018). PEPT1 is upregulated in kidney cancer cell lines, with little expression in normal pancreas. PEPT1 is essential for the growth of pancreatic cancer cells and is therefore a viable drug target (Schniers et al. 2021). Mutation of arginine 282 to glutamate uncouples the movement of peptides and protons by the rabbit PepT1 (Meredith 2004). The structure of the horse ortholog shows that the extracellular domain between TMSs 9 and 10 bridges the NTD and CTD by interacting with TMS1. Deletion of ECD or mutations to the ECD-TMS1 interface impairs transport activity (Shen et al. 2022).