SLC17A8

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Solute carrier family 17 member 8 (SLC17A8) also known as the vesicular glutamate transporter 3 (VGluT3) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC17A8 gene.[1]

Function

This gene encodes a vesicular glutamate transporter. The encoded protein transports the neurotransmitter glutamate into synaptic vesicles before it is released into the synaptic cleft.[1]

Clinical significance

Mutations in this gene are the cause of autosomal-dominant nonsyndromic deafness type 25 (DFNA25).[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: solute carrier family 17 (sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter)".
  2. Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) 605583
  3. Ruel J, Emery S, Nouvian R, et al. (August 2008). "Impairment of SLC17A8 encoding vesicular glutamate transporter-3, VGLUT3, underlies nonsyndromic deafness DFNA25 and inner hair cell dysfunction in null mice". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 83 (2): 278–92. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.07.008. PMC 2495073. PMID 18674745.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.