Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6

SLC17A6
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC17A6, DNPI, VGLUT2, solute carrier family 17 member 6
External IDs	OMIM: 607563 MGI: 2156052 HomoloGene: 121617 GeneCards: SLC17A6
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 11 (human)[1] Band 11p14.3 Start 22,338,381 bp[1] End 22,379,503 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7|7 B4 Start 51,271,754 bp[2] End 51,320,867 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Top expressed in mesencephalon subthalamic nucleus pons medulla oblongata substantia nigra middle temporal gyrus More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function symporter activity L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity neurotransmitter transmembrane transporter activity Cellular component integral component of membrane neuron projection cell junction synapse synaptic vesicle membrane membrane GO:0016023 cytoplasmic vesicle integral component of synaptic vesicle membrane excitatory synapse Biological process neurotransmitter transport ion transport sodium ion transport transport transmembrane transport L-glutamate transmembrane transport synaptic transmission, glutamatergic regulation of synapse structure or activity neurotransmitter loading into synaptic vesicle Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	57084	140919
Ensembl	ENSG00000091664	ENSMUSG00000030500
UniProt	Q9P2U8	Q8BLE7
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_020346	NM_080853 NM_001355150
RefSeq (protein)	NP_065079	NP_543129 NP_001342079
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 22.34 – 22.38 Mb	Chr 7: 51.27 – 51.32 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
Wikidata
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Solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC17A6 gene. ^[5]

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