Choline transporter

SLC5A7
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC5A7, CHT, CHT1, HMN7A, hCHT, Choline transporter, solute carrier family 5 member 7
External IDs	MGI: 1927126 HomoloGene: 32516 GeneCards: SLC5A7
Gene ontology Molecular function • transporter activity • choline:sodium symporter activity • symporter activity • choline binding • choline transmembrane transporter activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • membrane • plasma membrane • neuronal cell body • dendrite • integral component of plasma membrane • perikaryon • presynapse • axon • neuromuscular junction • cell junction • synapse Biological process • sodium ion transport • neurotransmitter biosynthetic process • ion transport • choline transport • transmembrane transport • transport • acetylcholine biosynthetic process • neurotransmitter secretion • synaptic transmission, cholinergic • neuromuscular synaptic transmission Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	60482	63993
Ensembl	ENSG00000115665	ENSMUSG00000023945
UniProt	Q9GZV3 Q2T9H3	Q8BGY9
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001305005 NM_001305006 NM_001305007 NM_021815	NM_022025
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001291934 NP_001291935 NP_001291936 NP_068587 NP_001291936.1	NP_071308.2 NP_071308
Location (UCSC)	Chr 2: 107.99 – 108.01 Mb	Chr 17: 54.27 – 54.3 Mb
PubMed search

60482

63993

ENSG00000115665

ENSMUSG00000023945

Q9GZV3
Q2T9H3

Q8BGY9

NM_001305005
NM_001305006
NM_001305007
NM_021815

NM_022025

NP_001291934
NP_001291935
NP_001291936
NP_068587
NP_001291936.1

NP_071308.2
NP_071308

The high-affinity choline transporter (ChT) also known as solute carrier family 5 member 7 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the SLC5A7 gene. It is a cell membrane transporter and carries choline into acetylcholine-synthesizing neurons.

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