UniProt Summary: Sodium-dependent amino acid transporter. Mediates electrogenic symport of neutral amino acids and sodium ions. Has a broad specificity, with a preference for Ala, followed by His, Cys, Asn, Ser, Gly, Val, Thr, Gln and Met. May mediate sodium- independent transport of cationic amino acids, such as Arg and Lys. Amino acid uptake is pH-dependent, with low transport activities at pH 6.5, intermediate at pH 7.0 and highest between pH 7.5 and 8.5. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11342143, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11414754}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
Aa trans
GO Terms
amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
symporter activity
amino acid transmembrane transport
amino acid transport
organic acid transmembrane transport
carboxylic acid transmembrane transport
sodium ion transport
anion transmembrane transport
organic acid transport
carboxylic acid transport
monovalent inorganic cation transport
organic anion transport
anion transport
metal ion transport
cation transport
ion transmembrane transport
transmembrane transport
ion transport
integral component of plasma membrane
nitrogen compound transport
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)