SLC25A29
Transports arginine, lysine, homoarginine, methylarginine and, to a much lesser extent, ornithine and histidine. Can restore ornithine transport in cells lacking the primary mitochondrial ornithine transporter SLC25A15. Does not transport carnitine nor acylcarnitines. Functions by both counter-exchange and uniport mechanisms. Belongs to the mitochondrial carrier (TC 2.A.29) family. 3 alternatively spliced human isoforms have been reported. Note: This description may include information from UniProtKB.
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Protein type: Membrane protein, integral; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Mitochondrial; Transporter; Transporter, SLC family |
Chromosomal Location of human Ortholog: 14q32.2 |
Cellular Component:
mitochondrial inner membrane; mitochondrion
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Molecular Function:
acyl carnitine transmembrane transporter activity; basic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; high-affinity L-arginine transmembrane transporter activity; high-affinity lysine transmembrane transporter activity
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Biological Process:
acyl carnitine transmembrane transport; amino acid transport; carnitine transport; L-arginine transmembrane transport; L-histidine transmembrane transport; L-lysine transmembrane transport; mitochondrial L-ornithine transmembrane transport; ornithine transport
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Reference #:
Q8N8R3
(UniProtKB)
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Alt. Names/Synonyms: C14orf69; CACL; CACT-like; carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase like; Carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase-like; FLJ38975; MCATL; Mitochondrial basic amino acids transporter; Mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier protein CACL; Mitochondrial ornithine transporter 3; ORNT3; SLC25A29; solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier), member 29; Solute carrier family 25 member 29; solute carrier family 25, member 29
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Gene Symbols: SLC25A29
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Molecular weight:
32,062 Da
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Basal Isoelectric point:
9.03
Predict pI for various phosphorylation states
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