Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 6507
Gene name Solute carrier family 1 member 3
Gene symbol SLC1A3
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
EA6EAAT1GLASTGLAST1
Chromosome 5
Chromosome location 5p13.2
Summary This gene encodes a member of a member of a high affinity glutamate transporter family. This gene functions in the termination of excitatory neurotransmission in central nervous system. Mutations are associated with episodic ataxia, Type 6. Alternative sp
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs137852619 C>G Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs137852620 T>A,G Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant, intron variant, genic downstream transcript variant
rs138085358 G>A Pathogenic, uncertain-significance Missense variant, coding sequence variant, genic downstream transcript variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT022261 hsa-miR-124-3p Microarray 18668037
MIRT1354051 hsa-miR-1262 CLIP-seq
MIRT1354052 hsa-miR-130a CLIP-seq
MIRT1354053 hsa-miR-130b CLIP-seq
MIRT1354054 hsa-miR-19a CLIP-seq
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
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Transcription factor Regulation Reference
SP3 Unknown 14713304
USF1 Unknown 14713304
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001504 Process Neurotransmitter uptake TAS 8647279
GO:0005313 Function L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity IBA
GO:0005313 Function L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity IDA 7521911
GO:0005313 Function L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity IEA
GO:0005314 Function High-affinity L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity IDA 26690923
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
600111 10941 ENSG00000079215
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P43003
Protein name Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (Sodium-dependent glutamate/aspartate transporter 1) (GLAST-1) (Solute carrier family 1 member 3)
Protein function Sodium-dependent, high-affinity amino acid transporter that mediates the uptake of L-glutamate and also L-aspartate and D-aspartate (PubMed:20477940, PubMed:26690923, PubMed:28032905, PubMed:28424515, PubMed:7521911, PubMed:8123008). Functions a
PDB 5LLM , 5LLU , 5LM4 , 5MJU , 7NPW
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00375 SDF 50 497 Sodium:dicarboxylate symporter family Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Detected in brain (PubMed:7521911, PubMed:8123008, PubMed:8218410). Detected at very much lower levels in heart, lung, placenta and skeletal muscle (PubMed:7521911, PubMed:8123008). Highly expressed in cerebellum, but also found in fro
Sequence
Sequence length 542
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Synaptic vesicle cycle
Glutamatergic synapse
Huntington disease
  Astrocytic Glutamate-Glutamine Uptake And Metabolism
Glutamate Neurotransmitter Release Cycle
Transport of inorganic cations/anions and amino acids/oligopeptides
Defective SLC1A3 causes episodic ataxia 6 (EA6)
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
Episodic ataxia type 6 Pathogenic rs137852619, rs137852620 RCV000010048
RCV000010049
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
ANHEDONIA Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
AUTISTIC DISORDER CTD, Disgenet
CTD, Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
BIPOLAR DISORDER Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
5p13 microduplication syndrome 5p13 Duplication Syndrome BEFREE 27296938
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood Alternating Hemiplegia BEFREE 16116111, 17236110, 19139306
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood Alternating Hemiplegia ORPHANET_DG
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood Alternating Hemiplegia Orphanet
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease Pubtator 11826152, 28812276, 36544231, 39694320 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease Pubtator 21743130 Inhibit
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Amyloidosis Amyloidosis BEFREE 29066369
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis BEFREE 11790392
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anhedonia Anhedonia PSYGENET_DG 19409534
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Anxiety Anxiety Disorder BEFREE 20153402
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only