Biology:Sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter

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Sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC5A6 gene.[1][2][3]

The SMVT is a transporter for pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) and biotin (vitamin B7) at the blood–brain barrier.[4] It is also a transporter for alpha lipoic acid[5] and iodide. Transport of these nutrients is competitive[6] and a surplus of a given nutrient may saturate the transporter and prevent the uptake of other nutrients.

References

  1. "Cloning and functional expression of a cDNA encoding a mammalian sodium-dependent vitamin transporter mediating the uptake of pantothenate, biotin, and lipoate". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 273 (13): 7501–6. March 1998. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.13.7501. PMID 9516450. 
  2. "Human placental Na+-dependent multivitamin transporter. Cloning, functional expression, gene structure, and chromosomal localization". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 (21): 14875–83. May 1999. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.21.14875. PMID 10329687. 
  3. "Entrez Gene: SLC5A6 solute carrier family 5 (sodium-dependent vitamin transporter), member 6". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8884. 
  4. "Major involvement of Na(+) -dependent multivitamin transporter (SLC5A6/SMVT) in uptake of biotin and pantothenic acid by human brain capillary endothelial cells". Journal of Neurochemistry 134 (1): 97–112. July 2015. doi:10.1111/jnc.13092. PMID 25809983. 
  5. "The sodium/multivitamin transporter: a multipotent system with therapeutic implications". Vitamins and Hormones 98: 63–100. 2015. doi:10.1016/bs.vh.2014.12.003. PMID 25817866. 
  6. "High specificity in response of the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter to derivatives of pantothenic acid". Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 13 (7): 837–42. 31 March 2013. doi:10.2174/1568026611313070006. PMID 23578027. 

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