CATs and HATs: The SLC7 family of amino acid transporters

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 447, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 532-542

  Verrey, François ^a   Closs, Ellen I ^b   Wagner, Carsten A ^a   Palacin, Manuel ^c   Endou, Hitoshi ^d   Kanai, Yoshikatsu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asc 1; B0,+AT; CAT1; Cationic amino acid transporter; Cystinuria; Glycoprotein associated amino acid transporter; Heterodimeric amino acid transporter; LAT1; Lysinuric protein intolerance; xCT

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 4F2HC; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER RBAT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER XCT; ARGININE; ASC TYPE AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; ASC TYPE AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; ASPARTATE GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; CATION; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2A; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2B; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 3; CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 4; CD98 ANTIGEN; CYSTEINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN ASSOCIATED AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; HETERODIMERIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; L TYPE AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; L TYPE AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; LYSINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; N5 (1 IMINOETHYL)ORNITHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; SERINE; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMINOACIDURIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CYSTINURIA; DIFFUSION; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTOLERANCE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SLC7 GENE; SLC7A1 GENE; SLC7A10 GENE; SLC7A11 GENE; SLC7A2 GENE; SLC7A3 GENE; SLC7A4 GENE; SLC7A5 GENE; SLC7A6 GENE; SLC7A7 GENE; SLC7A8 GENE; SLC7A9 GENE; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SURFACE CHARGE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATIONS; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 1342281232     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-003-1086-z     Document Type: Review

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