SLC5A6

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Sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC5A6 gene.[1][2][3]

It is a putative transporter for uptake of biotin and pantothenic acid at the blood-brain barrier.[4]

References

  1. Prasad PD, Wang H, Kekuda R, Fujita T, Fei YJ, Devoe LD, Leibach FH, Ganapathy V (Apr 1998). "Cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a mammalian sodium-dependent vitamin transporter mediating the uptake of pantothenate, biotin, and lipoate". J Biol Chem. 273 (13): 7501–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.13.7501. PMID 9516450.
  2. Wang H, Huang W, Fei YJ, Xia H, Yang-Feng TL, Leibach FH, Devoe LD, Ganapathy V, Prasad PD (Jul 1999). "Human placental Na+-dependent multivitamin transporter. Cloning, functional expression, gene structure, and chromosomal localization". J Biol Chem. 274 (21): 14875–83. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.21.14875. PMID 10329687.
  3. "Entrez Gene: SLC5A6 solute carrier family 5 (sodium-dependent vitamin transporter), member 6".
  4. Uchida Y, Ito K, Ohtsuki S, Kubo Y, Suzuki T, Terasaki T (2015). "Major involvement of Na(+) -dependent multivitamin transporter (SLC5A6/SMVT) in uptake of biotin and pantothenic acid by human brain capillary endothelial cells". Journal of Neurochemistry. 134 (1): 97–112. doi:10.1111/jnc.13092. PMID 25809983.

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