solute carrier family 23 member 2; Na+/L-ascorbic acid transporter 2; nucleobase transporter-like 1 protein; Na+-dependent vitamin C transporter 2; hSVCT2; yolk sac permease-like molecule 2 (SLC23A2, KIAA0238, NBTL1, SLC23A1, SVCT2, YSPL2)

Function

• Na+/ascorbate cotransporter
• mediates electrogenic uptake of vitamin C, with a stoichiometry of 2 Na+ for each ascorbate
• phosphorylated (probable)

Structure

• belongs to the xanthine/uracil permease family, nucleobase: cation symporter-2 (NCS2) (TC 2.A.40) subfamily

Compartment

membrane

Expression

ubiquitous

More general terms

• solute carrier family 23 (SLC23, SLC23A)
• transmembrane 12 protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=9962
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:9962
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/603791
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UGH3.html