SLC23A2

Solute carrier family 23 (ascorbic acid transporter), member 2
Identifiers
SymbolsSLC23A2 ; NBTL1; SLC23A1; SVCT2; YSPL2
External IDsOMIM: 603791 MGI: 1859682 HomoloGene: 68440 IUPHAR: 1042 ChEMBL: 3271 GeneCards: SLC23A2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez996254338
EnsemblENSG00000089057ENSMUSG00000027340
UniProtQ9UGH3Q9EPR4
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_005116NM_018824
RefSeq (protein)NP_005107NP_061294
Location (UCSC)Chr 20:
4.83 – 4.99 Mb
Chr 2:
132.05 – 132.15 Mb
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Solute carrier family 23 member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC23A2 gene.[1][2][3]

The absorption of vitamin C into the body and its distribution to organs requires two sodium-dependent vitamin C transporters. This gene encodes one of the two required transporters and the encoded protein accounts for tissue-specific uptake of vitamin C. Previously, this gene had an official symbol of SLC23A1.[3]

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References

  1. Faaland CA, Race JE, Ricken G, Warner FJ, Williams WJ, Holtzman EJ (Dec 1998). "Molecular characterization of two novel transporters from human and mouse kidney and from LLC-PK1 cells reveals a novel conserved family that is homologous to bacterial and Aspergillus nucleobase transporters". Biochim Biophys Acta 1442 (2-3): 353–60. doi:10.1016/S0167-4781(98)00151-1. PMID 9804989.
  2. Tsukaguchi H, Tokui T, Mackenzie B, Berger UV, Chen XZ, Wang Y, Brubaker RF, Hediger MA (Jun 1999). "A family of mammalian Na+-dependent L-ascorbic acid transporters". Nature 399 (6731): 70–5. doi:10.1038/19986. PMID 10331392.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: SLC23A2 solute carrier family 23 (nucleobase transporters), member 2".

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