SLC3A2

Solute carrier family 3 (amino acid transporter heavy chain), member 2

PDB rendering based on 2dh2.
Available structures
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Identifiers
SymbolsSLC3A2 ; 4F2; 4F2HC; 4T2HC; CD98; CD98HC; MDU1; NACAE
External IDsOMIM: 158070 MGI: 96955 HomoloGene: 1795 IUPHAR: 890 GeneCards: SLC3A2 Gene
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez652017254
EnsemblENSG00000168003ENSMUSG00000010095
UniProtP08195P10852
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001012661NM_001161413
RefSeq (protein)NP_001012680NP_001154885
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
62.62 – 62.66 Mb
Chr 19:
8.71 – 8.72 Mb
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4F2 cell-surface antigen heavy chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC3A2 (solute carrier family 3 member 2) gene.[1][2]

SLC3A2 comprises the light subunit of the large neutral amino acid transporter (LAT1) that is also known as CD98 (cluster of differentiation 98).[3][4]

Function

SLC3A2 is a member of the solute carrier family and encodes a cell surface, transmembrane protein with an alpha-amylase domain. The protein exists as the heavy chain of a heterodimer, covalently bound through di-sulfide bonds to one of several possible light chains. It associates with integrins and mediates integrin-dependent signaling related to normal cell growth and tumorigenesis. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.[2]

LAT1 is a heterodimeric membrane transport protein that preferentially transports neutral branched (valine, leucine, isoleucine) and aromatic (tryptophan, tyrosine) amino acids.[5] LAT is highly expressed in brain capillaries (which form the blood brain barrier) relative to other tissues.[5]

A functional LAT1 transporter is composed of two proteins encoded by two distinct genes:

Interactions

SLC3A2 has been shown to interact with SLC7A7.[8]

See also

References

  1. Teixeira S, Di Grandi S, Kühn LC (Aug 1987). "Primary structure of the human 4F2 antigen heavy chain predicts a transmembrane protein with a cytoplasmic NH2 terminus". J Biol Chem 262 (20): 9574–80. PMID 3036867. Vancouver style error (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: SLC3A2 solute carrier family 3 (activators of dibasic and neutral amino acid transport), member 2".
  3. Kucharzik T, Lugering A, Yan Y, Driss A, Charrier L, Sitaraman S et al. (2005). "Activation of epithelial CD98 glycoprotein perpetuates colonic inflammation". Lab. Invest. 85 (7): 932–41. doi:10.1038/labinvest.3700289. PMID 15880135.
  4. Lemaître G, Gonnet F, Vaigot P, Gidrol X, Martin MT, Tortajada J et al. (2005). "CD98, a novel marker of transient amplifying human keratinocytes". Proteomics 5 (14): 3637–45. doi:10.1002/pmic.200401224. PMID 16097038. Vancouver style error (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Boado RJ, Li JY, Nagaya M, Zhang C, Pardridge WM (1999). "Selective expression of the large neutral amino acid transporter at the blood–brain barrier". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 (21): 12079–84. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.21.12079. PMC 18415. PMID 10518579.
  6. Palacín M, Kanai Y (2004). "The ancillary proteins of HATs: SLC3 family of amino acid transporters". Pflugers Arch 447 (5): 490–494. doi:10.1007/s00424-003-1062-7. PMID 14770309. Vancouver style error (help)
  7. Verrey F, Closs EI, Wagner CA, Palacin M, Endou H, Kanai Y (2004). "CATs and HATs: the SLC7 family of amino acid transporters". Pflugers Arch 447 (5): 532–542. doi:10.1007/s00424-003-1086-z. PMID 14770310.
  8. Pfeiffer R, Rossier G, Spindler B, Meier C, Kühn L, Verrey F (Jan 1999). "Amino acid transport of y+L-type by heterodimers of 4F2hc/CD98 and members of the glycoprotein-associated amino acid transporter family". EMBO J. 18 (1): 49–57. doi:10.1093/emboj/18.1.49. PMC 1171101. PMID 9878049. Vancouver style error (help)

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