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SLC6A1 - solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, GABA), member 1
Entrez Gene Name: solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, GABA), member 1
Synonyms: A730043E01, GABATHG, GABATR, Gabt, GABT1, GAT-1, SLC6A1, XT-1, Xtrp1

Gene Summary

  • Rat (79212): transporter for the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) [RGD]

Cell Regulation

Regulates:
  • GABA
View all 1 in IPA
Regulated by:
  • nipecotic acid
  • GABA
  • Pkc
View all 18 in IPA
Binds:
  • STX1A
  • HTT
  • SLC6A1
View all 8 in IPA
Role in cell:
  • No Data Available
Disease:
  • anxiety
  • epilepsy
  • cocaine-related disorder
View all 10 in IPA

Biological Process

gamma-aminobutyric acid import, learning, negative regulation of synaptic transmission, GABAergic, neurotransmitter transport, protein homooligomerization, response to calcium ion, response to cocaine, response to estradiol stimulus, response to lead ion, response to organic cyclic substance, response to organic nitrogen, response to organic substance, response to purine, response to sucrose stimulus, response to toxin, synaptic transmission, transport

Cellular Components

axon, integral to membrane, integral to plasma membrane, membrane, membrane fraction, plasma membrane, synaptosome

Literature References

  • 15073174Farhan H, Korkhov VM, Paulitschke V, Dorostkar MM, Scholze P, Kudlacek O, Freissmuth M, Sitte HH. Two discontinuous segments in the carboxyl terminus are required for membrane targeting of the rat gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter-1 (GAT1).J Biol Chem 2004 Jul 02;279(27):28553-63
  • 9698305Beckman ML, Bernstein EM, Quick MW. Protein kinase C regulates the interaction between a GABA transporter and syntaxin 1A.J Neurosci 1998 Aug 15;18(16):6103-12
  • 17554300Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium. Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls.Nature 2007 06 7;447(7145):661-78
  • View 140 categorized literature findings and their references in IPA

Molecular Functions

gamma-aminobutyric acid:sodium symporter activity, neurotransmitter:sodium symporter activity, protein binding, symporter activity

Protein Domains

GABA:sodium symporter, protein binding, transporter

Subcellular Locations

apical membrane, axons, cell surface, cellular membrane, nerve ending, neurites, plasma membrane