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Summary Expression Phenotypes Gene Literature (3) GO Terms (53) Nucleotides (38) Proteins (30) Interactants (76) Wiki
XB-GENEPAGE-988964
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 slc17a8

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solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 8

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LOC108711007 , LOC108713213 ( Nomenclature history )

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Permease of the major facilitator superfamily

AI Protein Function :
The slc17a8 gene encodes a vesicular glutamate transporter protein that loads glutamate into synaptic vesicles. This transporter is expressed in glutamatergic neurons and is a specific marker for these...[+]


InterPro :
MFS dom, MFS trans sf, MFS, MFS Na/Anion cotransporter

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Diseases: 


Disease Ontology:
autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness [+]

MIM:
DEAFNESS, AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT 25; DFNA25

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???displayGene.expression???                  Development Stages                                               Embryonic Tissues                                                                Adult Tissues
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