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. 2023 Jan 18;15(2):274. doi: 10.3390/v15020274

Table 1.

Known receptors used by viruses with gamma-type Envs for cell entry.

Receptor Transporter of Fold # of Membrane-Spanning Domains Virus Classification Source
Slc1a4 (ASCT1) Neutral AA Glt 8 REV Gammaretrovirus [185]
Slc1a4 (ASCT1) Neutral AA Glt 8 RD114 Gammaretrovirus [186]
Slc1a4 (ASCT1) Neutral AA Glt 8 SNV Gammaretrovirus [187]
Slc1a4/Slc1a5 (ASCT1/ASCT2) Neutral AA Glt 8 HERV-W/SYNCYTIN-1 Gamma-like ERV [50]
Slc1a5 (ASCT2) Neutral AA Glt 8 SUPYN Gamma-like ERV [188]
Slc1a5 (ASCT2) Neutral AA Glt 8 SRV1, SRV2, SRV3 (MPMV),
SRV4, SRV5
Betaretrovirus * [189]
Slc1a5 (ASCT2) Neutral AA Glt 8 BaERV Gammaretrovirus [190]
Slc2A1 (Glut-1) Glucose MFS 12 HTLV Deltaretrovirus [191]
Slc5a3 (Smit1) Sodium/myo-inositol LeuT 12 M813 Gammaretrovirus [192]
Slc5a3 (Smit1) Sodium/myo-inositol LeuT 12 HEMV Gammaretrovirus [193]
Slc7a1 (mCAT1) Cationic AA LeuT 12 MoMLV Gammaretrovirus [194]
Slc7a1 (CAT1) Cationic AA LeuT 12 BLV Deltaretrovirus [195]
Slc9a1 (NHE-1) Sodium/Hydrogen NHE1 13 ALV-J Alpharetrovirus [196]
Slc16a1 (MCT1) monocarboxylate MFS 12 HERV-T Gammaretrovirus [72]
Slc19a1 Folate MFS 12 GLN-MLV Gammaretrovirus [197]
Slc19a2 (THTR1) Thiamine MFS 12 KoRV-B Gammaretrovirus [198]
Slc19a2 (THTR1) Thiamine MFS 12 KoRV-J Gammaretrovirus [199]
Slc19a2 (THTR1) Thiamine MFS 12 FeLV-A Gammaretrovirus [200]
Slc20a1 (PiT1) Phosphate PiT 10, 12 KoRV-A Gammaretrovirus [201]
Slc20a1 (PiT1) Phosphate PiT 10, 12 FeLV-B Gammaretrovirus [202]
Slc20a1/Slc20a2 (PiT1/PiT2) Phosphate PiT 10, 12 GALV/WMV Gammaretrovirus [203]
Slc20a1 (PiT1) Phosphate PiT 10, 12 AMLV (4070A, 229A) Gammaretrovirus [204]
Slc20a1 (PiT1) Phosphate PiT 10, 12 FeLV-T Gammaretrovirus [179]
Slc20a1 (PiT1) Phosphate PiT 10, 12 10A1-MLV Gammaretrovirus [205]
Slc31a1 (CTR1) Copper ion Ctr 3 cERV-1/2 Gamma-like ERV [206]
Slc31a1 (CTR1) Copper ion Ctr 3 FeLV-D Gammaretrovirus [207]
Slc35f2 Nucleotide sugar - 10 FeLV-A5 * Gammaretrovirus [208]
Slc49a1/Slc49a2 Heme MFS 12 FeLV-C Gammaretrovirus [209]
Slc52a2 (GHB/RFVT2/
PAR-2)
Riboflavin MFS 12 PERV-A, FeLV-CP * Gammaretrovirus [210,211]
Slc53a1 (Xpr1) Phosphate Slc53 8 XMLV Gammaretrovirus [212,213]
Slc53a1 (Xpr1) Phosphate Slc53 8 PMLV Gammaretrovirus [212,213]
Slc59a1 (MFSD2A) Lysophosphatidylcholine MFS 12 HERV FRD/SYNCYTIN-2 Gamma-like ERV [214]
Slc65a1 (NPC1) Cholesterol NPC1 13 Ebola virus Non-retrovirus (filovirus) [215]
TVA Cobalamin (?) LDLR 1 ALV-A/RSV-A Alpharetrovirus [216,217]
CAR1 (TVB) Tumor necrosis factor TNFR 1 ALV-B/D/E Alpharetrovirus [218]
TVC Immunoglobulin Ig 1 ALV-C Alpharetrovirus [219]

Receptors are listed with their SLC classification and commonly used name, if applicable. Fold refers to classification used in [220]. The “*” indicates artificial isolate selected from a library screen. Slc = designates member of the solute carrier superfamily. ASCT1/2 = Alanine Serine Cysteine Transporter type 1/2; Glut-1 = Glucose transporter protein type 1; Smit-1 = Sodium myo-inositol transporter type 1; mCAT1 = murine cationic amino acid transporter type 1; CAT1 = cationic amino acid transporter type 1; NHE-1 = sodium hydrogen exchanger type 1; MCT1 = Monocarboxylate transporter type 1; THTR1 = Thiamine transporter 1; PiT1 = Phosphate transporter; CTR1 = Copper uptake protein 1; GHB = gamma-hydroxybutyrate receptor; RFVT2 = Riboflavin uptake transporter; PAR2 = Protease activated receptor; Xpr1 = xenotropic and polytropic retrovirus receptor 1; MFSD2 = Major facilitator superfamily domain-containing protein 2; NPC1 = Niemann-Pick type C1 cholesterol transporter; TVA/B/C = tumor virus A/B/C.