TABLE 1.
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.