SLC18A2 (solute carrier family 18 member A2)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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6571 |
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Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Solute carrier family 18 member A2 |
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Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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SLC18A2 |
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Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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PKDYS2, SVAT, SVMT, VAT2, VMAT2 |
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Chromosome
Chromosome number
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10 |
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Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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10q25.3 |
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Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene encodes an transmembrane protein that functions as an ATP-dependent transporter of monoamines, such as dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and histamine. This protein transports amine neurotransmitters into synaptic vesicles. Polymorphisms in t |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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| UniProt ID | Q05940 | ||||||||||
| Protein name | Synaptic vesicular amine transporter (Solute carrier family 18 member 2) (Vesicular amine transporter 2) (VAT2) (Vesicular monoamine transporter 2) | ||||||||||
| Protein function | Electrogenic antiporter that exchanges one cationic monoamine with two intravesicular protons across the membrane of secretory and synaptic vesicles. Uses the electrochemical proton gradient established by the V-type proton-pump ATPase to accumu | ||||||||||
| PDB | 8JSW , 8JSX , 8JT5 , 8JT9 , 8JTA , 8JTB , 8JTC , 8T69 , 8T6A , 8T6B , 8THR , 8UCJ , 8UCK , 8UCL , 8UCM , 8UCN , 8UCO , 8UCP , 8WLJ , 8WLK , 8WLL , 8WLM , 8WRD , 8WRE , 8WVG , 8X3K , 8XO9 , 8XOA , 8XOB , 9KQ8 , 9KQA , 9KQE | ||||||||||
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Pfam
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in neuronal and neuroendocrine tissues. Detected in central and peripheral nervous system in particular in axonal and dendritic processes in dopaminergic cells of substantia nigra, histaminergic neuronal cell bodies of substa | ||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 514 | ||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | ||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
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