Sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 1 is aprotein that in humans is encoded by theSLC38A1gene.[5][6]
Amino acid transporters play essential roles in the uptake ofnutrients, production of energy, chemical metabolism,detoxification, andneurotransmitter cycling. SLC38A1 is an important transporter ofglutamine, an intermediate in the detoxification ofammonia and the production ofurea. Glutamine serves as a precursor for the synaptic transmitter,glutamate (Gu et al., 2001).[supplied by OMIM][6]
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