Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
57084
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Solute carrier family 17 member 6
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
SLC17A6
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
DNPI, VGLUT2
Chromosome Chromosome number
11
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
11p14.3
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT029908 hsa-miR-26b-5p Microarray 19088304
MIRT1353522 hsa-miR-1193 CLIP-seq
MIRT1353523 hsa-miR-1252 CLIP-seq
MIRT1353524 hsa-miR-2052 CLIP-seq
MIRT1353525 hsa-miR-2116 CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005313 Function L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity IBA 21873635
GO:0005326 Function Neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity IBA 21873635
GO:0006811 Process Ion transport TAS
GO:0006814 Process Sodium ion transport IEA
GO:0006820 Process Anion transport IBA 21873635
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607563 16703 ENSG00000091664
Protein
UniProt ID Q9P2U8
Protein name Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGluT2) (Differentiation-associated BNPI) (Differentiation-associated Na(+)-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter) (Solute carrier family 17 member 6)
Protein function Multifunctional transporter that transports L-glutamate as well as multiple ions such as chloride, proton, potassium, sodium and phosphate (PubMed:11698620, PubMed:33440152). At the synaptic vesicle membrane, mainly functions as a uniporter whic
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF07690 MFS_1 76 461 Major Facilitator Superfamily Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Predominantly expressed in adult brain (PubMed:10820226). Expressed in amygdala, caudate nucleus, cerebral cortex, frontal lobe, hippocampus, medulla, occipital lobe, putamen, spinal cord, substantia nigra, subthalamic nucleus, tempora
Sequence
Sequence length 582
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Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Synaptic vesicle cycle
Retrograde endocannabinoid signaling
Glutamatergic synapse
Nicotine addiction
  Organic anion transporters
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Breast cancer Malignant neoplasm of breast rs587776547, rs1137887, rs137853007, rs587776650, rs80359351, rs80359714, rs121917783, rs104886456, rs121964878, rs80359874, rs80357868, rs80357508, rs387906843, rs80357569, rs80358158
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Schizophrenia Schizophrenia rs13447324, rs387906932, rs387906933, rs863223354, rs863223355, rs776061422, rs863223349, rs748809996, rs759748655, rs863223353, rs863223350, rs863223356, rs781821239, rs863223348, rs863223346
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19228977, 20541370, 19839996
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Mental depression Unipolar Depression, Major Depressive Disorder 19839996 ClinVar
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Alzheimer Disease Associate 38552733, 39650656
Colorectal Neoplasms Associate 37404825
Glioma Associate 33765507
Parkinson Disease Associate 16563567
Parkinson Disease Stimulate 35258081