Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 6565
Gene name Solute carrier family 15 member 2
Gene symbol SLC15A2
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
PEPT2
Chromosome 3
Chromosome location 3q13.33
Summary The mammalian kidney expresses a proton-coupled peptide transporter that is responsible for the absorption of small peptides, as well as beta-lactam antibiotics and other peptide-like drugs, from the tubular filtrate. This transporter, SLC15A2, belongs to
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT023364 hsa-miR-122-5p Microarray 17612493
MIRT631111 hsa-miR-125a-3p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT631110 hsa-miR-764 HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT631109 hsa-miR-3934-5p HITS-CLIP 23824327
MIRT631108 hsa-miR-4421 HITS-CLIP 23824327
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:0002376 Process Immune system process IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 16738539, 32296183
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IBA
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IC 7756356, 18367661, 18762712
GO:0005886 Component Plasma membrane IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
602339 10921 ENSG00000163406
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
Q16348
Protein name Solute carrier family 15 member 2 (Kidney H(+)/peptide cotransporter) (Oligopeptide transporter, kidney isoform) (Peptide transporter 2)
Protein function Proton-coupled amino-acid transporter that transports oligopeptides of 2 to 4 amino acids with a preference for dipeptides (PubMed:16434549, PubMed:18367661, PubMed:7756356). Transports neutral and anionic dipeptides with a proton to peptide sto
PDB 6EZI , 7PMY
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00854 PTR2 111 487 POT family Family
PF00854 PTR2 566 675 POT family Family
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in kidney (PubMed:7756356). Not detected in intestine (PubMed:7756356). Highly expressed in macrophages (PubMed:20406817). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20406817, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7756356}.
Sequence
Sequence length 729
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  Reactome
    Proton/oligopeptide cotransporters