SLC29A4

Solute carrier family 29 (nucleoside transporters), member 4
Identifiers
Symbol(s)	SLC29A4; ENT4; FLJ34923; PMAT
External IDs	OMIM: 609149 MGI: 2385330 Homologene: 71345
Gene ontology Molecular Function: • nucleoside transmembrane transporter activity Cellular Component: • membrane Biological Process: • transport
Orthologs
	Human	Mouse
Entrez	222962	243328
Ensembl	na	ENSMUSG00000050822
Refseq	NM_001040661 (mRNA) NP_001035751 (protein)	NM_146257 (mRNA) NP_666369 (protein)
Location	na	Chr 5: 142.96 - 142.98 Mb
Pubmed search	[1]	[2]

Solute carrier family 29 (nucleoside transporters), member 4, also known as SLC29A4, is a human gene.

This gene is a member of the SLC29 family and encodes a plasma membrane protein with 11 transmembrane helices. This protein catalyzes the reuptake of monoamines into presynaptic neurons, thus determining the intensity and duration of monoamine neural signaling. It has been shown to transport several compounds, including serotonin, dopamine, and the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium. Alternate transcriptional splice variants which encode the same protein have been characterized.

See also

• Solute carrier family

Further reading

• Baldwin SA, Beal PR, Yao SY, et al. (2004). "The equilibrative nucleoside transporter family, SLC29.". Pflugers Arch. 447 (5): 735-43. doi:10.1007/s00424-003-1103-2. PMID 12838422.
• Bonaldo MF, Lennon G, Soares MB (1997). "Normalization and subtraction: two approaches to facilitate gene discovery.". Genome Res. 6 (9): 791-806. PMID 8889548.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899-903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs.". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40-5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Engel K, Zhou M, Wang J (2005). "Identification and characterization of a novel monoamine transporter in the human brain.". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (48): 50042-9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M407913200. PMID 15448143.
• Engel K, Wang J (2005). "Interaction of organic cations with a newly identified plasma membrane monoamine transporter.". Mol. Pharmacol. 68 (5): 1397-407. doi:10.1124/mol.105.016832. PMID 16099839.
• Barnes K, Dobrzynski H, Foppolo S, et al. (2006). "Distribution and functional characterization of equilibrative nucleoside transporter-4, a novel cardiac adenosine transporter activated at acidic pH.". Circ. Res. 99 (5): 510-9. doi:10.1161/01.RES.0000238359.18495.42. PMID 16873718.
• Xia L, Engel K, Zhou M, Wang J (2007). "Membrane localization and pH-dependent transport of a newly cloned organic cation transporter (PMAT) in kidney cells.". Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 292 (2): F682-90. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00302.2006. PMID 17018840.
• Zhou M, Xia L, Engel K, Wang J (2007). "Molecular determinants of substrate selectivity of a novel organic cation transporter (PMAT) in the SLC29 family.". J. Biol. Chem. 282 (5): 3188-95. doi:10.1074/jbc.M609421200. PMID 17121826.
• Bottalico B, Noskova V, Pilka R, et al. (2007). "The organic cation transporters (OCT1, OCT2, EMT) and the plasma membrane monoamine transporter (PMAT) show differential distribution and cyclic expression pattern in human endometrium and early pregnancy decidua.". Mol. Reprod. Dev. 74 (10): 1303-11. doi:10.1002/mrd.20697. PMID 17393420.

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