Excitatory amino acid transporter 5
BE0002267ProteinHumansSLC1A7
Sodium-dependent, high-affinity amino acid transporter that mediates the uptake of L-glutamate and also L-aspartate and D-aspartate. It is acted on by 1 drug in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- SLC1A7
- UniProtKB entry
- O00341Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Photoreceptor inner segment membrane
- Residues / weight
- 560 residues · 60,658 Da
- Also known as
- EAAT5 · Retinal glutamate transporter · Solute carrier family 1 member 7
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Excitatory amino acid transporter 5, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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