SLC7A6 (solute carrier family 7 member 6)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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9057 |
Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Solute carrier family 7 member 6 |
Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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SLC7A6 |
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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LAT-2, LAT3, y+LAT-2 |
Chromosome
Chromosome number
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16 |
Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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16q22.1 |
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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Protein | |||||||||||
UniProt ID | Q92536 | ||||||||||
Protein name | Y+L amino acid transporter 2 (Cationic amino acid transporter, y+ system) (Solute carrier family 7 member 6) (y(+)L-type amino acid transporter 2) (Y+LAT2) (y+LAT-2) | ||||||||||
Protein function | Heterodimer with SLC3A2, that functions as an antiporter which operates as an efflux route by exporting cationic amino acids such as L-arginine from inside the cells in exchange with neutral amino acids like L-leucine, L-glutamine and isoleucine | ||||||||||
Family and domains |
Pfam
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Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in normal fibroblasts and those from LPI patients (PubMed:11078698). Also expressed in HUVECs, monocytes, RPE cells, and various carcinoma cell lines (PubMed:11742806, PubMed:14603368, PubMed:15280038, PubMed:17197568, PubMed | ||||||||||
Sequence | |||||||||||
Sequence length | 515 | ||||||||||
Interactions | View interactions |
Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
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