CD98 Antibody – Mouse

SLC7A5: Sodium-independent, high-affinity transport of large neutral amino acids such as phenylalanine, tyrosine, leucine, arginine and tryptophan, when associated with SLC3A2/4F2hc. Involved in cellular amino acid uptake. Acts as an amino acid exchanger. Involved in the transport of L-DOPA across the blood- brain barrier, and that of thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) across the cell membrane in tissues such as placenta. Plays a role in neuronal cell proliferation (neurogenesis) in brain. Involved in the uptake of methylmercury (MeHg) when administered as the L-cysteine or D,L-homocysteine complexes, and hence plays a role in metal ion homeostasis and toxicity. Involved in the cellular activity of small molecular weight nitrosothiols, via the stereoselective transport of L- nitrosocysteine (L-CNSO) across the transmembrane. May play an important role in high-grade gliomas. Mediates blood-to-retina L- leucine transport across the inner blood-retinal barrier which in turn may play a key role in maintaining large neutral amino acids as well as neurotransmitters in the neural retina. Acts as the major transporter of tyrosine in fibroblasts. Disulfide-linked heterodimer with the amino acid transport protein SLC3A2/4F2hc. Expression induced in quiescent peripheral blood lymphocytes after treatment with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA). Expression and the uptake of leucine is stimulated in mononuclear, cytotrophoblast-like choriocarcinoma cells by combined treatment with PMA and calcium ionophore. Expressed abundantly in adult lung, liver, brain, skeletal muscle, placenta, bone marrow, testis, resting lymphocytes and monocytes, and in fetal liver. Weaker expression in thymus, cornea, retina, peripheral leukocytes, spleen, kidney, colon and lymph node. During gestation, expression in the placenta was significantly stronger at full-term than at the mid-trimester stage. Also expressed in all human tumor cell lines tested and in the astrocytic process of primary astrocytic gliomas. Expressed in retinal endothelial cells and in the intestinal epithelial cell line Caco-2. Belongs to the amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily. L-type amino acid transporter (LAT) (TC 2.A.3.8) family.

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

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 16q24.3

Cellular Component: intracellular membrane-bound organelle; membrane; cytoplasm; apical plasma membrane; integral to membrane; nucleolus; plasma membrane; nucleus; cytosol

Molecular Function: L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; peptide antigen binding; neutral amino acid transmembrane transporter activity; amino acid transmembrane transporter activity

Biological Process: neutral amino acid transport; amino acid metabolic process; nervous system development; amino acid transport; transport; ion transport; blood coagulation; cell differentiation; leukocyte migration; transmembrane transport