Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2

Solute carrier family 29 (equilibrative nucleoside transporter), member 2
Identifiers
Symbols	SLC29A2 ; DER12; ENT2; HNP36
External IDs	OMIM: 602110 MGI: 1345278 HomoloGene: 37493 GeneCards: SLC29A2 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • nucleoside transmembrane transporter activity Cellular component • nucleolus • plasma membrane • integral component of plasma membrane • basolateral plasma membrane • nuclear membrane Biological process • nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process • cell proliferation • nucleoside transport • transmembrane transport • nucleoside transmembrane transport Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	3177	13340
Ensembl	ENSG00000174669	ENSMUSG00000024891
UniProt	Q14542	Q61672
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001300868	NM_007854
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001287797	NP_031880
Location (UCSC)	Chr 11: 66.36 – 66.37 Mb	Chr 19: 5.02 – 5.03 Mb
PubMed search

Equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2 (ENT2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC29A2 gene.^[1][2][3]

See also

• Solute carrier family
• Equilibrative nucleoside transporters
• Nucleoside transporters

References

1. Williams JB, Rexer B, Sirripurapu S, John S, Goldstein R, Phillips JA 3rd, Haley LL, Sait SN, Shows TB, Smith CM, Gerhard DS (Sep 1997). "The human HNP36 gene is localized to chromosome 11q13 and produces alternative transcripts that are not mutated in multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN I) syndrome". Genomics 42 (2): 325–30. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4751. PMID 9192854.
2. Crawford CR, Patel DH, Naeve C, Belt JA (Mar 1998). "Cloning of the human equilibrative, nitrobenzylmercaptopurine riboside (NBMPR)-insensitive nucleoside transporter ei by functional expression in a transport-deficient cell line". J Biol Chem 273 (9): 5288–93. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.9.5288. PMID 9478986.
3. "Entrez Gene: SLC29A2 solute carrier family 29 (nucleoside transporters), member 2".

Further reading

• Baldwin SA, Beal PR, Yao SY; et al. (2004). "The equilibrative nucleoside transporter family, SLC29.". Pflugers Arch. 447 (5): 735–43. doi:10.1007/s00424-003-1103-2. PMID 12838422.
• Mangravite LM, Badagnani I, Giacomini KM (2004). "Nucleoside transporters in the disposition and targeting of nucleoside analogs in the kidney.". Eur. J. Pharmacol. 479 (1-3): 269–81. doi:10.1016/j.ejphar.2003.08.076. PMID 14612157.
• Williams JB, Lanahan AA (1995). "A mammalian delayed-early response gene encodes HNP36, a novel, conserved nucleolar protein.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 213 (1): 325–33. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.2133. PMID 7639753.
• Griffiths M, Yao SY, Abidi F; et al. (1998). "Molecular cloning and characterization of a nitrobenzylthioinosine-insensitive (ei) equilibrative nucleoside transporter from human placenta.". Biochem. J. 328 (3): 739–43. PMC 1218980. PMID 9396714.
• Yao SY, Ng AM, Vickers MF; et al. (2002). "Functional and molecular characterization of nucleobase transport by recombinant human and rat equilibrative nucleoside transporters 1 and 2. Chimeric constructs reveal a role for the ENT2 helix 5-6 region in nucleobase translocation.". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (28): 24938–48. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200966200. PMID 12006583.
• Molina-Arcas M, Bellosillo B, Casado FJ; et al. (2003). "Fludarabine uptake mechanisms in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.". Blood 101 (6): 2328–34. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-07-2236. PMID 12411296.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Mangravite LM, Xiao G, Giacomini KM (2003). "Localization of human equilibrative nucleoside transporters, hENT1 and hENT2, in renal epithelial cells.". Am. J. Physiol. Renal Physiol. 284 (5): F902–10. doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00215.2002. PMID 12527552.
• Ward JL, Leung GP, Toan SV, Tse CM (2003). "Functional analysis of site-directed glycosylation mutants of the human equilibrative nucleoside transporter-2.". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 411 (1): 19–26. doi:10.1016/S0003-9861(02)00718-X. PMID 12590919.
• Szkotak AJ, Ng AM, Man SF; et al. (2003). "Coupling of CFTR-mediated anion secretion to nucleoside transporters and adenosine homeostasis in Calu-3 cells.". J. Membr. Biol. 192 (3): 169–79. doi:10.1007/s00232-002-1073-x. PMID 12820662.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T; et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs.". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Farré X, Guillén-Gómez E, Sánchez L; et al. (2004). "Expression of the nucleoside-derived drug transporters hCNT1, hENT1 and hENT2 in gynecologic tumors.". Int. J. Cancer 112 (6): 959–66. doi:10.1002/ijc.20524. PMID 15386342.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA; et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Visser F, Zhang J, Raborn RT; et al. (2005). "Residue 33 of human equilibrative nucleoside transporter 2 is a functionally important component of both the dipyridamole and nucleoside binding sites.". Mol. Pharmacol. 67 (4): 1291–8. doi:10.1124/mol.104.005884. PMID 15644498.
• Visser F, Baldwin SA, Isaac RE; et al. (2005). "Identification and mutational analysis of amino acid residues involved in dipyridamole interactions with human and Caenorhabditis elegans equilibrative nucleoside transporters.". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (12): 11025–34. doi:10.1074/jbc.M410348200. PMID 15649894.
• Owen RP, Lagpacan LL, Taylor TR; et al. (2006). "Functional characterization and haplotype analysis of polymorphisms in the human equilibrative nucleoside transporter, ENT2.". Drug Metab. Dispos. 34 (1): 12–5. doi:10.1124/dmd.105.006270. PMID 16214850.

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