intestinal H+/peptide cotransporter: solute carrier family 15 member 1 (SLC15A1, HPECT1)

Function

• proton-coupled intake of oligopeptides of 2-4 amino acids with a preference for dipeptides
• may constitute a major route for the absorption of protein digestion end-products

Structure

belongs to the PTR2/POT transporter (TC 2.A.17) family

Compartment

membrane

More general terms

• transmembrane 12 protein
• solute carrier family 15 (SLC15, SLC15A)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600544
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P46059.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=6564