GLUCOSE Transporter 3 (SLC2A3) Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

GLUT3: an integral membrane facilitative glucose transporter. One of 13 members of the human equilibrative glucose transport protein family. It???s surface expression is induced by insulin. It is restricted in humans to brain, testis (in the spermatozoa), and skeletal muscle, mostly in triads of slow-twitch fibres. Detected only in the brain of mouse and rat. IHC demonstrates its present in neurons, mainly at the plasma membrane, and to a lesser extent on intracellular vesicles distinct from synaptic vesicles. Present in the a-granules of human platelets, where it is translocated to the cell surface in response to thrombin stimulation. Its surface expression is increased by insulin or insulin growth-factor in cultured L6 muscle cells.

Protein type: Transporter, SLC family; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Transporter; Membrane protein, integral

Cellular Component: membrane; synaptic vesicle membrane; cytoplasm; integral to membrane; plasma membrane; caveola; acrosomal membrane

Molecular Function: D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity; xylose binding; dehydroascorbic acid transporter activity; transporter activity; galactoside binding; glucose transmembrane transporter activity; transmembrane transporter activity; kinase binding; substrate-specific transmembrane transporter activity; glucose binding; monosaccharide transmembrane transporter activity

Biological Process: transport; carbohydrate transport; glucose transport; transmembrane transport