solute carrier family 7 (cationic amino acid transporter, y+ system), member 9 | |
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | SLC7A9 |
Alt. symbols | CSNU3 |
Entrez | 11136 |
HUGO | 11067 |
OMIM | 604144 |
RefSeq | NM_014270 |
UniProt | P82251 |
Other data | |
Locus | Chr. 19 q13.1 |
Solute carrier family 7 (cationic amino acid transporter, y+ system), member 9 also known as SLC7A9 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC7A9 gene.[1]
Contents |
This gene encodes a protein that belongs to a family of light subunits of amino acid transporters. This protein plays a role in the high-affinity and sodium-independent transport of cystine and neutral and dibasic amino acids, and appears to function in the reabsorption of cystine in the kidney tubule.[1] The protein associates with the protein coded for by SLC3A1.[2]
Mutations in this gene cause non-type I cystinuria, a disease that leads to cystine stones in the urinary system due to impaired transport of cystine and dibasic amino acids.[1]
This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.
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