Preparation and Storage
Background: Glut5
Facilitative simple sugar uptake by mammalian cells is mediated by a family of glucose transporters. Gluts are predicted to contain 12 transmembrane domains with both amino- and carboxyl-termini located within the cytosol. The individual Gluts differ in their tissue distribution, substrate specificity, kinetic properties, and intracellular localization. These functional differences allow members of the Glut family to finely regulate whole-body glucose homeostasis.
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Long Name:
Glucose Transporter Type 5
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Entrez Gene IDs:
6518 (Human); 56485 (Mouse)
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Alternate Names:
Fructose transporter; Glucose transporter type 5, small intestine; Glut5; GLUT-5; GLUT5glucose transporter-like protein 5; SLC2A5; solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 5; solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose/fructose transporter), member 5; solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 5