Biology:Ornithine translocase

solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; ornithine transporter) member 15
Identifiers
Symbol	SLC25A15
Alt. symbols	ORNT1, HHH
NCBI gene	10166
HGNC	10985
OMIM	603861
RefSeq	NM_014252
UniProt	Q9Y619
Other data
Locus	Chr. 13 q14

Ornithine translocase is responsible for transporting ornithine from the cytosol into the mitochondria in the urea cycle. It is highly expressed in the liver and pancreas.

Pathology

A disorder is associated with ornithine translocase deficiency, and a form of hyperammonemia.

See also

• Translocase

External links

• ornithine+translocase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• SLC25A15 human gene location in the UCSC Genome Browser.
• SLC25A15 human gene details in the UCSC Genome Browser.