Biology:Ornithine translocase
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Short description: Family of transport proteins
| solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; ornithine transporter) member 15 | |
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| 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
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.
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