| Nomenclature | High affinity cationic amino acid | Low affinity cationic amino acid | Cationic amino acid | L‐type amino acid transporter 1 |
| transporter 1 | transporter 2 | transporter 3 | ||
| Systematic nomenclature | SLC7A1 | SLC7A2 | SLC7A3 | SLC7A5 |
| Common abreviation | CAT1 | CAT2 | CAT3 | LAT1 |
| HGNC, UniProt | SLC7A1, P30825 | SLC7A2, P52569 | SLC7A3, Q8WY07 | SLC7A5, Q01650 |
| Substrates | L‐ornithine, L‐arginine, L‐lysine, L‐histidine | L‐ornithine, L‐arginine, L‐lysine, L‐histidine | L‐ornithine, L‐arginine, L‐lysine | – |
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