inositol transporter SLC5A3 (Na+/myo-inositol cotransporter, solute carrier family 5 member 3, SLC5A3)

Function

• prevents intracellular accumulation of high concentrations of myo-inositol
• Na+ is co-tranported with myo-inositol

Structure

• belongs to the Na+:solute symporter (SSF) (TC 2.A.21) family

Compartment

membrane

More general terms

• symporter
• glycoprotein
• solute carrier family 5 (SLC5, SLC5A)

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:6526
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600444
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P53794.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=6526