Biology:Amino acid permease

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Short description: Membrane permease
Amino acid permease
Identifiers
SymbolAA_permease
PfamPF13520
Pfam clanCL0062
InterProIPR004841
PROSITEPDOC00191
TCDB2.A.3
OPM superfamily64
OPM protein3gia

Amino acid permeases are membrane permeases involved in the transport of amino acids into the cell. A number of such proteins have been found to be evolutionary related.[1][2][3] These proteins contain 12 transmembrane segments.

See also

Human proteins containing this domain

CIP1; SLC12A1; SLC12A2; SLC12A3; SLC12A4; SLC12A5; SLC12A6; SLC12A7; SLC12A8; SLC12A9; SLC7A1; SLC7A10; SLC7A11; SLC7A13; SLC7A14; SLC7A2; SLC7A3; SLC7A4; SLC7A5; SLC7A6; SLC7A7; SLC7A8; SLC7A9;

References

  1. "Evolutionary relationship and secondary structure predictions in four transport proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae". J. Mol. Evol. 27 (4): 341–350. 1988. doi:10.1007/BF02101197. PMID 3146645. Bibcode1988JMolE..27..341W. 
  2. "Nucleotide sequence of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PUT4 proline-permease-encoding gene: similarities between CAN1, HIP1 and PUT4 permeases". Gene 83 (1): 153–159. 1989. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(89)90413-7. PMID 2687114. 
  3. "Mammalian integral membrane receptors are homologous to facilitators and antiporters of yeast, fungi, and eubacteria". Protein Sci. 2 (1): 20–30. 1993. doi:10.1002/pro.5560020103. PMID 8382989. 
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR004841