solute carrier family 2 member 7; glucose transporter type 7; GLUT-7 (SLC2A7 GLUT7)

Function

• high-affinity transporter for glucose & fructose
• does not transport galactose, 2-deoxy-d-glucose & xylose

Structure

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

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• expressed in small intestine & colon
• weakly expressed in testis & prostate

More general terms

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

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1551
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q6PXP3.html