Table 2.
Heteromeric amino acid transporters (HATS) operating in the renal tubule
Heavy subunit / light subunit (HSHAT) / (LSHAT) |
Gene | Amino acid transport system |
---|---|---|
4F2hc / y+LAT1 | SLC3A2 / SLC7A7 | y+L |
4F2hc / y+LAT2 | SLC3A2 / SLC7A6 | y+L |
4F2hc / LAT1 | SLC3A2 / SLC7A5 | L |
4F2hc / LAT2 | SLC3A2 / SLC7A8 | L |
4F2hc / asc1 | SLC3A2 / SLC7A10 | asc |
4F2hc / xCT | SLC3A2 / SLC7A11 | x− c |
rBAT / bo,+AT | SLC3A1 / SLC7A9 | bo,+ |
The heavy (SLC3) and light (SLC7) subunits combine to form the heteromeric amino acid transporters. See text for details