Excitatory amino-acid transporter 4

SLC1A6
Identifiers
AliasesSLC1A6, EAAT4, solute carrier family 1 member 6
External IDsOMIM: 600637 MGI: 1096331 HomoloGene: 21055 GeneCards: SLC1A6
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

6511

20513

Ensembl

ENSG00000105143

ENSMUSG00000005357

UniProt

P48664

O35544

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001272087
NM_001272088
NM_005071

NM_009200

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001259016
NP_001259017
NP_005062

NP_033226

Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 14.95 – 15.02 MbChr 10: 78.78 – 78.81 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]
Wikidata
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Excitatory amino-acid transporter 4 (EAAT4) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC1A6 gene.[3][4]

EAAT4 is expressed predominantly in the cerebellum, has high affinity for the excitatory amino acids L-aspartate and L-glutamate. When stimulated by these amino acids, EAAT4 conducts chloride ions.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Entrez Gene: solute carrier family 1 (high affinity aspartate/glutamate transporter)".
  4. 1 2 Fairman WA, Vandenberg RJ, Arriza JL, Kavanaugh MP, Amara SG (June 1995). "An excitatory amino-acid transporter with properties of a ligand-gated chloride channel". Nature. 375 (6532): 599–603. PMID 7791878. doi:10.1038/375599a0.

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