Amino acid transporter
An amino acid transporter is a membrane transport protein that transports amino acids. They are mainly of the solute carrier family.
Families
There are several families that function in amino acid transport, some of these include:- - Amino Acid-Polyamine-Organocation (APC) Superfamily
- - Amino Acid/Auxin Permease (AAAP) Family
- - Dicarboxylate/Amino Acid:Cation Symporter Family
- - Branched Chain Amino Acid:Cation Symporter (LIVCS) Family
- - Hydroxy/Aromatic Amino Acid Permease (HAAAP) Family
- - Branched Chain Amino Acid Exporter (LIV-E) Family
- - 6TMS Neutral Amino Acid Transporter (NAAT) Family
- - Basic Amino Acid Antiporter (ArcD) Family
- - Putative Amino Acid Permease (PAAP) Family
Solute carrier family examples
- high affinity glutamate and neutral amino acid transporter
- heavy subunits of heteromeric amino acid transporters
- Bacterial Leucine Transporter
- cationic amino acid transporter/glycoprotein-associated
- proton oligopeptide cotransporter
- vesicular glutamate transporter
- vesicular amine transporter
- some mitochondrial carriers
- multifunctional anion exchangervesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter
- proton-coupled amino acid transporter
- System A & N, sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter