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Slc38a1 - solute carrier family 38, member 1 Gene

Rattus norvegicus

Also known as Ata1; GlnT; Sat1

Gene ID: 170567 | Gene type: protein coding

About Slc38a1

Summary

Enables L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity and neutral amino acid:sodium symporter activity. Involved in L-alpha-amino acid transmembrane transport; female pregnancy; and neutral amino acid transport. Located in external side of apical plasma membrane and neuronal cell body. Biomarker of visual epilepsy. Orthologous to human SLC38A1 (solute carrier family 38 member 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Slc38a1 Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_138832.1 NP_620187.1 sodium-coupled neutral amino acid symporter 1
Gene Ontology
  • Molecular Function
  • Biological Process
  • Cellular Component
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
enables L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12684517 RGD
enables alanine:sodium symporter activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11692272 RGD
enables amino acid:sodium symporter activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11692272 RGD
enables glycine:sodium symporter activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11692272 RGD
enables neutral L-amino acid:sodium symporter activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10660562 RGD
enables proline:sodium symporter activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11692272 RGD
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
involved in L-alpha-amino acid transmembrane transport IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12684517 RGD
involved in amino acid import IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11692272 RGD
involved in female pregnancy IEP
IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
19892400 RGD
involved in glutamine metabolic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10660562 RGD
involved in neutral amino acid transport IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12684517 RGD
involved in positive regulation of L-glutamine import across plasma membrane IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10660562 RGD
Cellular Component GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
located in external side of apical plasma membrane IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12684517 RGD
located in neuronal cell body IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12684517 RGD
located in plasma membrane IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
10660562 RGD
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

sodium-coupled neutral amino acid symporter 1

sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 1

N-system amino acid transporter 2

amino acid transporter A1

amino acid transporter system A1

glutamine transporter

rATA1

system A amino acid transporter 1

system A transporter 2

system N amino acid transporter 1

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Slc38a1 NCBI NCBI:81539