Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6

SLC17A6
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC17A6, DNPI, VGLUT2, solute carrier family 17 member 6
External IDs	OMIM: 607563; MGI: 2156052; HomoloGene: 121617; GeneCards: SLC17A6; OMA:SLC17A6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)
End	22,379,503 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End	51,320,867 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	lateral nuclear group of thalamus; ; Pons; ; buccal mucosa cell; ; Medulla Oblongata; ; superior vestibular nucleus; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; ventral tegmental area; ; ganglionic eminence; ; Brodmann area 23; ; primary visual cortex;
	Top expressed in
	medial dorsal nucleus; ; pineal gland; ; mammillary body; ; habenula; ; inferior colliculi; ; ventral tegmental area; ; dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus; ; medial geniculate nucleus; ; ventromedial nucleus; ; lateral geniculate nucleus;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	symporter activity; L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity; neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; neuron projection; cell junction; synapse; synaptic vesicle membrane; membrane; cytoplasmic vesicle; integral component of synaptic vesicle membrane; excitatory synapse;
Biological process	neurotransmitter transport; ion transport; sodium ion transport; transport; transmembrane transport; L-glutamate transmembrane transport; synaptic transmission, glutamatergic; regulation of synapse structure or activity; neurotransmitter loading into synaptic vesicle;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	57084
	140919
	ENSG00000091664
	ENSMUSG00000030500
	Q9P2U8
	Q8BLE7
	NM_020346
	NM_080853; NM_001355150
	NP_065079
	NP_543129; NP_001342079
	Wikidata
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Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC17A6 gene. ^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000091664 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030500 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Entrez Gene: Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6". Retrieved 2016-02-02.

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