SLC7A6

Solute carrier family 7 (amino acid transporter light chain, y+L system), member 6
Identifiers
Symbols	SLC7A6 ; LAT-2; LAT3; y+LAT-2
External IDs	OMIM: 605641 MGI: 2142598 HomoloGene: 62496 IUPHAR: 899 GeneCards: SLC7A6 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • amino acid transmembrane transporter activity • L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity • antiporter activity Cellular component • plasma membrane • integral component of plasma membrane • basolateral plasma membrane Biological process • amino acid transmembrane transport • protein complex assembly • cellular amino acid metabolic process • transport • ion transport • amino acid transport • blood coagulation • L-amino acid transport • leukocyte migration • transmembrane transport • L-alpha-amino acid transmembrane transport Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	9057	330836
Ensembl	ENSG00000103064	ENSMUSG00000031904
UniProt	Q92536	Q8BGK6
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001076785	NM_178798
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001070253	NP_848913
Location (UCSC)	Chr 16: 68.26 – 68.3 Mb	Chr 8: 106.17 – 106.2 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Solute carrier family 7 member 6 also known as cationic amino acid transporter, y+ system or Y+L amino acid transporter 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC7A6 gene.

See also

• Heterodimeric amino acid transporter