GLUT3 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: Membrane protein, integral; Transporter; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Transporter, SLC family

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 12p13.3

Cellular Component: integral to membrane; plasma membrane

Molecular Function: glucose transmembrane transporter activity

Biological Process: vitamin metabolic process; hexose transport; carbohydrate metabolic process; L-ascorbic acid metabolic process; pathogenesis; glucose transport; transmembrane transport; water-soluble vitamin metabolic process