SLC17A8

SLC17A8
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC17A8, DFNA25, VGLUT3, solute carrier family 17 member 8
External IDs	MGI: 3039629 HomoloGene: 13584 GeneCards: SLC17A8
Gene ontology Molecular function • symporter activity • L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity Cellular component • cytoplasm • axon terminus • integral component of membrane • multivesicular body • perikaryon • membrane • synapse • excitatory synapse • basilar dendrite • pericellular basket • synaptic vesicle membrane • cell junction • neuronal cell body • dendrite • glial limiting end-foot • neuron projection • cytoplasmic vesicle • apical dendrite Biological process • cochlea development • sodium ion transport • ion transport • sensory perception of sound • brain development • L-glutamate transmembrane transport • transport • neurotransmitter transport • neural retina development • L-glutamate transport • transmembrane transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	246213	216227
Ensembl	ENSG00000179520	ENSMUSG00000019935
UniProt	Q8NDX2	Q8BFU8
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_139319 NM_001145288	NM_182959 NM_001310710
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001138760 NP_647480	NP_892004.1 NP_001297639 NP_892004
Location (UCSC)	Chr 12: 100.36 – 100.42 Mb	Chr 10: 89.57 – 89.62 Mb
PubMed search

246213

216227

ENSG00000179520

ENSMUSG00000019935

Q8NDX2

Q8BFU8

NM_139319
NM_001145288

NM_182959
NM_001310710

NP_001138760
NP_647480

NP_892004.1
NP_001297639
NP_892004

Solute carrier family 17 member 8 (SLC17A8) also known as the vesicular glutamate transporter 3 (VGluT3) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC17A8 gene.

This gene encodes a vesicular glutamate transporter. The encoded protein transports the neurotransmitter glutamate into synaptic vesicles before it is released into the synaptic cleft.

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