Sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2

SLC38A2
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC38A2, ATA2, PRO1068, SAT2, SNAT2, solute carrier family 38 member 2
External IDs	OMIM: 605180; MGI: 1915010; HomoloGene: 23132; GeneCards: SLC38A2; OMA:SLC38A2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 12 (human)
End	46,372,773 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 15 (mouse)
End	96,597,611 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	tibia; ; visceral pleura; ; parietal pleura; ; gingival epithelium; ; skin of thigh; ; skin of hip; ; endothelial cell; ; lower lobe of lung; ; germinal epithelium; ; mucosa of paranasal sinus;
	Top expressed in
	epithelium of lens; ; endothelial cell of lymphatic vessel; ; medullary collecting duct; ; pineal gland; ; renal corpuscle; ; Paneth cell; ; hand; ; lacrimal gland; ; atrium; ; parotid gland;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding; symporter activity; amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; L-glutamine transmembrane transporter activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; membrane; plasma membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; axon; soma; dendrite; brush border; sarcolemma;
Biological process	sodium ion transport; female pregnancy; cellular response to amino acid starvation; glutamate secretion; cellular response to mechanical stimulus; glycine betaine transport; cerebral cortex development; amino acid transport; alanine transport; ion transport; amino acid transmembrane transport; glutamine transport;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	54407
	67760
	ENSG00000134294
	ENSMUSG00000022462
	Q96QD8
	Q8CFE6
	NM_001307936; NM_018976
	NM_175121; NM_001355633
	NP_001294865; NP_061849; NP_061849.2
	NP_780330; NP_001342562
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