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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 3177
Gene name Solute carrier family 29 member 2
Gene symbol SLC29A2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
DER12ENT2HNP36hENT2
Chromosome 11
Chromosome location 11q13.2
Summary The uptake of nucleosides by transporters, such as SLC29A2, is essential for nucleotide synthesis by salvage pathways in cells that lack de novo biosynthetic pathways. Nucleoside transport also plays a key role in the regulation of many physiologic proces
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT048863 hsa-miR-93-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT048863 hsa-miR-93-5p CLASH 23622248
MIRT499775 hsa-miR-3688-3p PAR-CLIP 24398324
MIRT499773 hsa-miR-4693-3p PAR-CLIP 24398324
MIRT499774 hsa-miR-4481 PAR-CLIP 24398324
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 IEA
GO:0001504 Process Neurotransmitter uptake ISS
GO:0005326 Function Neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity IDA 9396714
GO:0005326 Function Neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity IEA
GO:0005326 Function Neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity ISS
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
602110 11004 ENSG00000174669
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q14542
Protein name Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2 (hENT2) (36 kDa nucleolar protein HNP36) (Delayed-early response protein 12) (Equilibrative nitrobenzylmercaptopurine riboside-insensitive nucleoside transporter) (Equilibrative NBMPR-insensitive nucleoside transport
Protein function Bidirectional uniporter involved in the facilitative transport of nucleosides and nucleobases, and contributes to maintaining their cellular homeostasis (PubMed:10722669, PubMed:12527552, PubMed:12590919, PubMed:16214850, PubMed:21795683, PubMed
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01733 Nucleoside_tran 131 → 454 Nucleoside transporter Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in skeletal muscle (PubMed:9478986). Expressed in liver, lung, placenta, brain, heart, kidney and ovarian tissues (PubMed:9478986). Expressed in testis at the blood-brain-barrier (PubMed:23639800). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:
Sequence
Sequence length 456
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Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
KEGG Pathway Reactome Pathway
Alcoholism Transport of nucleosides and free purine and pyrimidine bases across the plasma membrane