Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 9194
Gene name Solute carrier family 16 member 7
Gene symbol SLC16A7
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
MCT2
Chromosome 12
Chromosome location 12q14.1
Summary This gene is a member of the monocarboxylate transporter family. Members in this family transport metabolites, such as lactate, pyruvate, and ketone bodies. The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the proton-linked transport of monocarboxylates and has
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT024296 hsa-miR-215-5p Microarray 19074876
MIRT026289 hsa-miR-192-5p Microarray 19074876
MIRT467931 hsa-miR-4464 PAR-CLIP 23592263
MIRT467930 hsa-miR-4748 PAR-CLIP 23592263
MIRT467929 hsa-miR-329-5p PAR-CLIP 23592263
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:0005477 Function Pyruvate secondary active transmembrane transporter activity TAS 9786900
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 32296183
GO:0005654 Component Nucleoplasm IDA
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IEA
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol IDA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
603654 10928 ENSG00000118596
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O60669
Protein name Monocarboxylate transporter 2 (MCT 2) (Solute carrier family 16 member 7)
Protein function Proton-coupled monocarboxylate symporter. Catalyzes the rapid transport across the plasma membrane of monocarboxylates such as L-lactate, pyruvate and ketone bodies, acetoacetate, beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetate (PubMed:32415067, PubMed:9786900
PDB 7BP3
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF07690 MFS_1 21 390 Major Facilitator Superfamily Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Detected in heart and in blood lymphocytes and monocytes (at protein level) (PubMed:15505343). High expression in testis, moderate to low in spleen, heart, kidney, pancreas, skeletal muscle, brain and leukocyte (PubMed:9786900). Restri
Sequence
Sequence length 478
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Proton-coupled monocarboxylate transport
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)
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
COLORECTAL CANCER GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Hepatocellular carcinoma Uncertain significance ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
INSOMNIA GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
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
Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma BEFREE 28644754
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Adrenocortical Carcinoma Adrenocortical carcinoma Pubtator 26587828 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alzheimer`s Disease Alzheimer disease GWASDB_DG 20885792
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Asthma Asthma GWASCAT_DG 26031901
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Autism Spectrum Disorder Autism Pubtator 23032108 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism Spectrum Disorder BEFREE 23032108
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Brain Neoplasms Brain neoplasms Pubtator 22700320 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Breast Carcinoma Breast Carcinoma BEFREE 28281525
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Breast Neoplasms Breast neoplasm Pubtator 21177384, 22700320, 25415228 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Burkitt Lymphoma Burkitt lymphoma Pubtator 9786900 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only