Sodium/glucose cotransporter 2
BE0004753ProteinHumansSLC5A2
Electrogenic Na(+)-coupled sugar symporter that actively transports D-glucose at the plasma membrane, with a Na(+) to sugar coupling ratio of 1:1 (PubMed:20980548, PubMed:28592437, PubMed:34880493, PubMed:37217492, PubMed:38057552). It is acted on by 20 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- SLC5A2
- UniProtKB entry
- P31639Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Apical cell membrane
- Residues / weight
- 672 residues · 72,896 Da
- Also known as
- Low affinity sodium-glucose cotransporter · Na(+)/glucose cotransporter 2 · SGLT2 · Solute carrier family 5 member 2
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Sodium/glucose cotransporter 2, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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