Putative sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 10, also known as solute carrier family 38 member 10, is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the ''SLC38A10''
gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings. The Mendelian gene is a basic unit of heredity. The molecular gene is a sequence of nucleotides in DNA that is transcribed to produce a functional RNA. There are two types of molecular genes: protei ...
.
Cellular localization
Cellular localization study of SLC38A10 protein was investigated on different cell lines and primary cortex neuronal cells using Immunocytochemistry and GFP SLC38A10 vector. SLC38A10 localized on Golgi apparatus and ER organelles.
Recent study on SLC38A10 knockout model provided some insight on possible association with p53 protein and cell survival.
Cancer
A SLC38A family member has been observed progressively downregulated in
Human papillomavirus
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-positive
neoplastic keratinocytes derived from uterine cervical
preneoplastic lesions at different levels of malignancy.
For this reason, SLC38A is likely to be associated with tumorigenesis and may be a potential prognostic marker for uterine cervical
preneoplastic lesions progression.
References
Further reading
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Solute carrier family
Genes mutated in mice
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