An amino acid transporter is a membrane transport protein that transports amino acids. They are mainly of the solute carrier family.
There are several families that function in amino acid transport, some of these include:
TC# 2.A.3 - Amino Acid-Polyamine-Organocation (APC) SuperfamilyTC# 2.A.18 - Amino Acid/Auxin Permease (AAAP) FamilyTC# 2.A.23 - Dicarboxylate/Amino Acid:Cation (Na+ or H+) Symporter (DAACS) FamilyTC# 2.A.26 - Branched Chain Amino Acid:Cation Symporter (LIVCS) FamilyTC# 2.A.42 - Hydroxy/Aromatic Amino Acid Permease (HAAAP) FamilyTC# 2.A.78 - Branched Chain Amino Acid Exporter (LIV-E) FamilyTC# 2.A.95 - 6TMS Neutral Amino Acid Transporter (NAAT) FamilyTC# 2.A.118 - Basic Amino Acid Antiporter (ArcD) FamilyTC# 2.A.120 - Putative Amino Acid Permease (PAAP) Family(1) high affinity glutamate and neutral amino acid transporter(3) heavy subunits of heteromeric amino acid transporters(6) Bacterial Leucine Transporter (LeuT) (7) cationic amino acid transporter/glycoprotein-associated(15) proton oligopeptide cotransporter(17) vesicular glutamate transporter(18) vesicular amine transporter(25) some mitochondrial carriers(26) multifunctional anion exchanger(32) vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter(36) proton-coupled amino acid transporter(38) System A & N, sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporterVesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter (VIAAT) is responsible for the storage of GABA and glycine in neuronal synaptic vesicles.
Human proteins containing this domain
ATA2; SLC32A1; SLC36A1; SLC36A2; SLC36A3; SLC36A4; SLC38A1; SLC38A2; SLC38A3; SLC38A4; SLC38A5; SLC38A6;
