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. 2020 Oct 21;8:594464. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.594464

TABLE 1.

Transporters from SLC6 family.

Transporter Main substrate(s) Cotransported ions References
GABA, osmolyte, creatine transporters:
SLC6A1/GAT1 GABA 2Na+, 1C1- Nelson et al., 1990; Pantanowitz et al., 1993
SLC6A6/TauT taurine, p-alanine 2Na+, 1C1- Liu et al., 1992a; Ramamoorthy et al., 1994
SLC6A8/CTl/CreaTl creatine 2Na+, 1C1- Dai et al., 1999; Nash et al., 1994
SLC6A10/CT2/CreaT2 creatine 2Na+, 1C1-* Iyer et al., 1996; Xu et al., 1997
SLC6A11/GAT3 GABA 2Na+, 1C1- Borden et al., 1994; Clark and Amara, 1994; Karakossian et al., 2005; Liu et al., 1993b
SLC6A12/BGT1 betaine/GABA 3Na+, 1C1- Lopez-Corcuera et al., 1992; Yamauchi et al., 1992
SLC6A13/GAT2 GABA 2Na+, 1C1- Borden et al., 1994; Liu et al., 1993b
Monoamine neurotransmitter transporters:
SLC6A2/NET norepinephrine,
dopamine lNa+, 1C1- Gu et al., 1994; Gu et al., 1996; Pacholczyk et al., 1991
SLC6A3/DAT dopamine 2Na+, 1C1- Gu et al., 1994; Shimada et al., 1991
SLC6A4/SERT serotonin 1Na+, 1Cl, 1K+ Gu et al., 1994; Hoffman et al., 1991
Amino acid transporters (I):
SLC6A5/GlyT2 glycine 3Na+, 1C1- Liu et al., 1993a; Roux and Supplisson, 2000
SLC6A7/PROT proline 2Na+, 1C1- Fremeau et al., 1992; Galli et al., 1999
SLC6A9/GlyTl glycine 2Na+, 1C1- Liu et al., 1992b; Roux and Supplisson, 2000
SLC6A14/ATB0, + neutral,
cationic amino acids 2Na+, 1C1- Nakanishi et al., 2001; Sloan and Mager, 1999
Amino acid/nutrient transporters (II):
SLC6A15/B°AT2 large, neutral
amino acids lNa+ Broer et al., 2006
SLC6A16/NTT5 unknown orphan
SLC6A17/NTT4 neutral amino acids lNa+ Parra et al., 2008; Zaia and Reimer, 2009
SLC6A18/B°AT3 neutral amino acids 2Na+, 1C1-
SLC6A19/B°AT1 neutral amino acids lNa+ Broer et al., 2004
SLC6A20/SIT1/
system IMINO proline, pipecolate,
sarcosine 2Na+, 1 Cl Kowalczuk et al., 2005; Takanaga et al., 2005

GABA, γ-aminobutyric acid; , stoichiometry not determined.