Amino acid transporter


An amino acid transporter is a membrane transport protein that transports amino acids. They are mainly of the solute carrier family.

Families

There are several families that function in amino acid transport, some of these include:
Vesicular inhibitory amino acid transporter is responsible for the storage of GABA and glycine in neuronal synaptic vesicles.

Human proteins containing this domain

; SLC36A1; SLC36A2; SLC36A3; SLC36A4; SLC38A1; SLC38A2; SLC38A3; SLC38A4; SLC38A5; SLC38A6.