Gene Information
Gene NameSLC2A6
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length507
Protein NamesSolute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 6 (Glucose transporter type 6) (GLUT-6)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000160326 )
3 ( ENSG00000281165 )
Evolutionary StageEuk+Bac
AlphaFoldDBQ9UGQ3
Gene CardSLC2A6
Uniprot IDQ9UGQ3
PfamPF00083
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.124577161)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ SLC2A6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ SLC2A6 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ SLC2A6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ SLC2A6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Slc2a6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ SLC2A6 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Slc2a6 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsSLC2A8
ParalogsSLC2A8, SLC2A7, SLC2A5, SLC2A11, SLC2A2, SLC2A1, SLC2A4, SLC2A3, SLC2A14, SLC2A13, SLC2A9, SLC2A12, SLC2A10
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in brain, spleen and peripheral blood leukocytes. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10970791}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs3094378 
Subcellular location [CC]Lysosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:30431159};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000255}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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