SLC32A1

Function

Involved in the uptake of GABA and glycine into the synaptic vesicles.

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the amino acid/polyamine transporter 2 family.

Tissue specificity

Brain and retina. Localized in horizontal cell tips at both rod and cone terminals.

Cellular localization

• Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane
• Multi-pass membrane protein

Alternative names

• Vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter
• GABA and glycine transporter
• Solute carrier family 32 member 1
• Vesicular GABA transporter
• mVGAT
• mVIAAT
• Vgat
• Slc32a1
• Viaat

Database links

• entrezGene:22348
• swissprot:O35633

Target type

Proteins

Primary research area

Neuroscience

Molecular weight

57381Da