solute carrier family 2 member 14 (SLC2A14, glucose transporter type 14, GLUT14)

Function

• facilitative glucose transporter (putative)
• may have a specific function related to spermatogenesis

Structure

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

Compartment

membrane

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

Expression

expressed mainly in testis

Genetics

• GLUT14 is a recent (less than 5 M year old) duplication of GLUT3

More general terms

• glucose transporter
• transmembrane 12 protein
• solute carrier family 2 (SLC2, SLC2A)
• major facilitator superfamily (MFS)

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1441
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/611039
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TDB8.html