FB2024_02 , released April 23, 2024
Gene Group: SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY
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General Information
Name
SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY
Species
D. melanogaster
Symbol
SLC
FlyBase ID
FBgg0000686
Date last reviewed
2024-03-14
Number of members
403
Description
Description
Solute carrier (SLC) family members are membrane proteins that facilitate the transport of a wide array of substrates across membranes. SLCs may be either passive facilitative transporters (uniporters), transporting a substrate down its electrochemical gradient, or secondary active transporters, coupling the transport of substrates against their electrochemical gradients with the transport of other substrates down their electrochemical gradients. Secondary active transporters may act as symporters, transporting substrates in the same direction, or antiporters, transporting substrates in opposite directions. (Adapted from PMID:31214990, PMID:32810346, FBrf0234984 and FBrf0226917).
Notes on Group
Source Material
The SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY Gene Group has been compiled using the following publication(s): Attrill, 2024.3.4, Byrne et al., 2023, François et al., 2023, Ceder and Fredriksson, 2022, Ceder et al., 2021, Vulpe et al., 2021, Ceder et al., 2020, Ceder et al., 2020, Chang et al., 2020, Curcio et al., 2020, Denecke et al., 2020, Deshpande et al., 2020, Engelhart et al., 2020, Lecompte et al., 2020, Connolly et al., 2019, Valoskova et al., 2019, Kory et al., 2018, Suda et al., 2018, Zheng et al., 2018, Chiang et al., 2017, Graham et al., 2017.2.7, Han et al., 2017, Hebbar et al., 2017, Manole et al., 2017, Paik et al., 2017, Perland et al., 2017, Vozza et al., 2017, Yin et al., 2017, Cui et al., 2016, Gai et al., 2016, Richards and Burke, 2016, Slabbaert et al., 2016, Xiao and Zhou, 2016, Chintapalli et al., 2015, Dechen et al., 2015, Dourlen et al., 2015, Volkenhoff et al., 2015, Da-Rè et al., 2014, Limmer et al., 2014, Martin and Krantz, 2014, Dus et al., 2013, Hu et al., 2013, Lunetti et al., 2013, Lye et al., 2013, Mandilaras et al., 2013, Melom and Littleton, 2013, Qin et al., 2013, Sekine et al., 2013, Bergwitz et al., 2012, Hirata et al., 2012, Lye et al., 2012, Mandilaras and Missirlis, 2012, Ogmundsdóttir et al., 2012, Yamamoto-Hino et al., 2012, Featherstone, 2011, Iacopetta et al., 2011, Meyer et al., 2011, Wieczorek, 2011.7.27, Wu et al., 2011, Charrière et al., 2010, Fei et al., 2010, Hua et al., 2010, Knight et al., 2010, Norgate et al., 2010, Steiger et al., 2010, Sun et al., 2010, Jiang et al., 2009, Reynolds et al., 2009, Wang et al., 2009, Day et al., 2008, Jang et al., 2008, Kolodziejczyk et al., 2008, Laridon et al., 2008, Lindsay et al., 2008, Southon et al., 2008, Enell et al., 2007, Machado et al., 2007, Norgate et al., 2007, Romero-Calderon et al., 2007, Turski and Thiele, 2007, Wang et al., 2007, Goda et al., 2006, Thimgan et al., 2006, Besson et al., 2005, Goberdhan et al., 2005, Traiffort et al., 2005, Eraly et al., 2004, Hirabayashi et al., 2004, Torrie et al., 2004, Winkfein et al., 2004, Freeman et al., 2003, Zhou et al., 2003, Knauf et al., 2002, Sankar et al., 2002, Giannakou and Dow, 2001, Besson et al., 2000, Nelson, 2000.4.10, Rogina et al., 2000, Romero et al., 2000, Besson et al., 1999, Haug-Collet et al., 1999, Artero et al., 1998, Orgad et al., 1998, Schwarz and Benzer, 1997, and Rodrigues et al., 1995 .
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Component group(s)
Members (403)
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 molecular functionbiological processcellular component
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Excitatory amino acid transporter 1
dEAAT1, glutamate transporter, Dglt-1
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Glucose transporter 1
DmGluT1, glucose transporter, Glut-1, l(3)S007412
Glucose transporter type 3
GLU
Sting-regulated gene 2
Trehalose transporter 1
Tret1-1
Trehalose transporter 1-like
Tret1-2
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CD98 heavy chain
Maltase A1
LvpH, H, mal_A1, Larval visceral protein H
Maltase A2
LvpD, mal_A2, D
Maltase A3
LvpL, L, mal_A3
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Na+-driven anion exchanger 1
l(2)k10316
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Na+/H+ hydrogen antiporter 1
DmNHA1
Na+/H+ hydrogen antiporter 2
DMG8-chr3R.34.001, DmNHA2
Na+/H+ hydrogen exchanger 1
DmNHE1
Na+/H+ hydrogen exchanger 2
DmNHE2
Na+/H+ hydrogen exchanger 3
DmNHE3
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yin
opt1, EG:EG0002.1, oligopeptide transporter 1
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Dietary and metabolic glutamate transporter
l(2)01810
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 1
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 9
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 10
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 12
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 14
l(2)08717, lethal (2) 08717
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 15
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 17
Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 18
Na+-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter
MFS2
Vesicular glutamate transporter
DVGLUT, Drosophila vesicular glutamate transporter
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Vesicular monoamine transporter
dVMAT, DVMAT-A, l(2)SH0459
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Na+-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter type III
dPit
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Organic anion transporting polypeptide 26F
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 30B
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 33Ea
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 33Eb
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 58Da
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 58Db
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 58Dc
OATP, organic anion transporting polypeptide
Organic anion transporting polypeptide 74D
EcI
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tetracycline resistance
l(3)07086
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mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier
aralar1
Mitochondrial phosphate carrier protein 2
Mpcp, Mitochondrial phosphate carrier protein, l(3)00564
stress-sensitive B
ANT, A/A-T/sesB, jive, Adenine nucleotide translocase, S12
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Fatty acid transport protein 1
Fatp, Fatty acid (long chain) transport protein, dFatp, l(2)k10307, fatty acid transport protein
Fatty acid transport protein 3
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Concentrative nucleoside transporter 1
Concentrative nucleoside transporter 2
BEST:CK00459
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Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 16
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Ammonium transporter
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Solute carrier family 45 member 1
Slc45 ortholog 1
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Pi-sensitive XPR1 orthologue
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Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier
MPC, dMPC1
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Leucine zipper and EF-hand containing transmembrane protein 1
l(2)k10502, DmLETM1
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Oligosaccharide transferase γ subunit
MagT1
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spinster
benchwarmer, l(2)10403, l(2)k09905, diphthong, bnch
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Niemann-Pick type C-1a
NPC1, dnpc1a, Niemann-Pick Type C-1
Niemann-Pick type C-1b
R-9-28, 151, l(1)19Ec, l(1)R-9-28
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Cystinosin
dCTNS
External Data
Other resource(s)

[The SLC family of solute carriers](http://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/FamilyDisplayForward?familyId=863)

[The SLC family](http://www.bioparadigms.org/slc/intro.htm)

Synonyms and Secondary IDs
Synonym(s)
SLC
SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY
Secondary FlyBase ID(s)
References (106)