SLC2A6

Solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC2A6 gene.[5][6]

SLC2A6
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC2A6, GLUT6, GLUT9, HSA011372, solute carrier family 2 member 6
External IDs	OMIM: 606813 MGI: 2443286 HomoloGene: 69236 GeneCards: SLC2A6
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 9 (human)[1] Band 9q34.2 Start 133,471,094 bp[1] End 133,479,127 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse)[2] Band 2|2 A3 Start 27,021,363 bp[2] End 27,027,998 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • glucose transmembrane transporter activity • carbohydrate:proton symporter activity • GO:0022891 transmembrane transporter activity • transporter activity • D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • cell membrane • membrane • integral component of plasma membrane Biological process • carbohydrate transport • glucose import • transmembrane transport • hexose transport • hydrogen ion transmembrane transport • glucose transmembrane transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	11182	227659
Ensembl	ENSG00000160326 ENSG00000281165	ENSMUSG00000036067
UniProt	Q9UGQ3	Q3UDF0
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001145099 NM_017585	NM_001177627 NM_172659
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001138571 NP_060055	NP_001171098 NP_766247
Location (UCSC)	Chr 9: 133.47 – 133.48 Mb	Chr 2: 27.02 – 27.03 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
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Function

Hexose transport into mammalian cells is catalyzed by a family of membrane proteins, including SLC2A6, that contain 12 transmembrane domains and a number of critical conserved residues.[supplied by OMIM][6]

See also

• Glucose transporter
• Solute carrier family

References

1. ENSG00000281165 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000160326, ENSG00000281165 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000036067 - Ensembl, May 2017
3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
5. Doege H, Bocianski A, Joost HG, Schürmann A (September 2000). "Activity and genomic organization of human glucose transporter 9 (GLUT9), a novel member of the family of sugar-transport facilitators predominantly expressed in brain and leucocytes". The Biochemical Journal. 350 Pt 3 (Pt 3): 771–6. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3500771. PMC 1221309. PMID 10970791.
6. "Entrez Gene: SLC2A6 solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 6".

Further reading

• Maruyama K, Sugano S (January 1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (October 1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• Richardson S, Neama G, Phillips T, Bell S, Carter SD, Moley KH, Moley JF, Vannucci SJ, Mobasheri A (February 2003). "Molecular characterization and partial cDNA cloning of facilitative glucose transporters expressed in human articular chondrocytes; stimulation of 2-deoxyglucose uptake by IGF-I and elevated MMP-2 secretion by glucose deprivation". Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 11 (2): 92–101. doi:10.1053/joca.2002.0858. PMID 12554125.
• Otsuki T, Ota T, Nishikawa T, Hayashi K, Suzuki Y, Yamamoto J, Wakamatsu A, Kimura K, Sakamoto K, Hatano N, Kawai Y, Ishii S, Saito K, Kojima S, Sugiyama T, Ono T, Okano K, Yoshikawa Y, Aotsuka S, Sasaki N, Hattori A, Okumura K, Nagai K, Sugano S, Isogai T (2007). "Signal sequence and keyword trap in silico for selection of full-length human cDNAs encoding secretion or membrane proteins from oligo-capped cDNA libraries". DNA Research. 12 (2): 117–26. doi:10.1093/dnares/12.2.117. PMID 16303743.

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.