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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2015 Dec 24;1863(10):2531–2539. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.12.017

Table 1. Plasma membrane transporters for glutamine in mammalian cells.

Gene name Protein name Amino acid substrates Direction of glutamine flux
SLC1A5 ASCT2 Neutral Influx/Efflux
SLC6A14 ATB0,+ Neutral & Cationic Influx
SLC6A19 B0AT1 Neutral Influx
SLC7A5 LAT1 Neutral Influx/Efflux
SLC7A6 y+LAT2 Neutral & Cationic Influx
SLC7A7 y+LAT1 Neutral & Cationic Influx
SLC7A8 LAT2 Neutral Efflux
SLC7A9 b0,+AT Neutral & Cationic Efflux
SLC38A1 SNAT1 (SA2) Neutral Influx
SLC38A2 SNAT2 (SA1) Neutral Influx
SLC38A3 SNAT3 (SN1) Neutral Influx/Efflux
SLC38A5 SNAT5 (SN2) Neutral Influx/Efflux
SLC38A7 SNAT7 Neutral & Cationic & Anionic Influx
SLC38A8 SNAT8 Neutral, Cationic & Anionic Influx