solute carrier family 2 member 6; glucose transporter type 6; GLUT-6; glucose transporter type 9; GLUT-9 (SLC2A6, GLUT6)

Function

• facilitative glucose transporter
• binds cytochalasin B with low affinity

Structure

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

Compartment

• cell membrane
• the dileucine internalization motif is critical for intracellular sequestration (putative)

Expression

• highly expressed in brain, spleen & peripheral blood leukocytes

Notes

• has been described as GLUT9 in literature, but this name has already been used for SLC2A9

More general terms

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

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1118
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/606813
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UGQ3.html