SLC51A
Sign in to saveAlso known as OSTA, OSTalpha, solute carrier family 51 alpha subunit, solute carrier family 51 subunit alpha, PFIC6
Organic solute transporter alpha, also known as OST-alpha, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC51A gene.
Gene data
SLC51A- Name
- solute carrier family 51 member A
- Type
- protein-coding
- Aliases
- OSTA, OSTalpha, PFIC6, SLC51A1
Predicted to enable protein heterodimerization activity; protein homodimerization activity; and transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in bile acid secretion. Located in basolateral plasma membrane. Implicated in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
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Gene · Ensembl
solute carrier family 51 member A
- Symbol
- SLC51A
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 3:196,211,487-196,244,766
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
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- HomoloGene ID
- 44941
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/200931
- genomic end
- 195970049
- genomic start
- 195938358
- cytogenetic location
- 3q29
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Organic solute transporter alpha, also known as OST-alpha, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC51A gene.
== Function ==