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Solute Carrier Family

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A large group of integral membrane proteins that are involved in either facilitated or secondary active transport of solutes across cellular membranes. There are over 300 member proteins organized into approximately 50 families. The members of each family share both substrate preference and at least 20% amino acid sequence identity. [ ]

Term info

Label

Solute Carrier Family

Synonyms
  • SLC Family
  • Solute Carrier Family
  • Solute Carrier Group
Subsets

NCIT_C116977, NCIT_C142800, NCIT_C142799

DesignNote

This group excludes primary active transporters, ion channel proteins and aquaporins.

Display Name

Solute Carrier Family

Preferred Name

Solute Carrier Family

Semantic Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

UMLS CUI

C3897553

code

C117186