SLC27A3

Solute carrier family 27 (fatty acid transporter), member 3
Identifiers
Symbols SLC27A3 ; ACSVL3; FATP3; VLCS-3
External IDs OMIM: 604193 MGI: 1347358 HomoloGene: 11529 GeneCards: SLC27A3 Gene
EC number 6.2.1.-
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 11000 26568
Ensembl ENSG00000143554 ENSMUSG00000027932
UniProt Q5K4L6 O88561
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_024330 NM_011988
RefSeq (protein) NP_077306 NP_036118
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
153.77 – 153.78 Mb
Chr 3:
90.39 – 90.39 Mb
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Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC27A3 gene.[1][2]

In melanocytic cells SLC27A3 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.[3]

See also

References

  1. Hirsch D, Stahl A, Lodish HF (Aug 1998). "A family of fatty acid transporters conserved from mycobacterium to man". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 95 (15): 8625–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.15.8625. PMC 21126. PMID 9671728.
  2. "Entrez Gene: SLC27A3 solute carrier family 27 (fatty acid transporter), member 3".
  3. Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, et al. (2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971.

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