solute carrier family 2 member 3; glucose transporter type 3, brain; GLUT-3 (SLC2A3, GLUT3)

Function

• facilitative glucose transporter
• probably a neuronal glucose transporter
• facilitates glucose uptake at glucose concentrations below normal fasting range (3-6 mM)

Structure

• belongs to the major facilitator superfamily, sugar transporter (TC 2.A.1.1) family, glucose transporter subfamily

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• highly expressed in brain
• expressed in many tissues

More general terms

• glucose transporter
• solute carrier family 2 (SLC2, SLC2A)

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:6515
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?son:SO_4
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/138170
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P11169.html