Chemicals and Drugs

Solute Carrier Family 22 Member 5

A high-affinity, ATP-binding, co-transporter for CARNITINE that is highly expressed in kidney, skeletal muscle, heart, and placental tissues. It transports one sodium ion with one carnitine molecule. It has a lower affinity for other organic cations and transports them independently of sodium. Mutations in the SLC22A5 gene are associated with systemic carnitine deficiency.

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Abstract

A high-affinity, ATP-binding, co-transporter for CARNITINE that is highly expressed in kidney, skeletal muscle, heart, and placental tissues. It transports one sodium ion with one carnitine molecule. It has a lower affinity for other organic cations and transports them independently of sodium. Mutations in the SLC22A5 gene are associated with systemic carnitine deficiency.

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  • High-Affinity Carnitine Transporter
  • OCTN2 Protein
  • Organic Cation-Carnitine Transporter 2
  • SLC22A5 Protein
  • Sodium-Dependent Carnitine Cotransporter
  • Carnitine Cotransporter, Sodium-Dependent
  • Carnitine Transporter, High-Affinity
  • High Affinity Carnitine Transporter
  • Organic Cation Carnitine Transporter 2
  • Sodium Dependent Carnitine Cotransporter
  • Transporter, High-Affinity Carnitine

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2018

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  • Carrier Proteins (1998-2017)
  • Organic Cation Transport Proteins (2004-2017)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Solute Carrier Family 22 Member 5. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000074058. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000074058
  2. Solute Carrier Family 22 Member 5. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7390798