| Name | solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 2 |
| Symbol | SLC2A2 |
| Aliases | GLUT2 |
| Gene Product | - solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 2
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| Category | |
| UniGene |
Hs.167584
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| Reference Sequence |
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| Summary | Glucose transporter 2 isoform is an integral plasma membrane glycoprotein of the liver, islet beta cells, intestine, and kidney epithelium. It mediates facilitated bidirectional glucose transport. Because of its low affinity for glucose, it has been suggested as a glucose sensor. |
| Gene Ontology | |
| Expression | | EST (62 ESTs, 16 libraries) |
| Tissue | Breadth ? |
CPM ? |
| kidney |  | | | liver |  | | | lung | | | | muscle | | | | spleen | | | | uncharacterized tissue | | |
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| SAGE (1661064 tags, 31 libraries) |
| Tissue | Breadth ? |
CPM ? |
| blood | | | | brain | | | | colon | | | | eye | | | | liver | | | | mammary gland | | | | ovary | | | | prostate | | | | stomach | | | | uncharacterized tissue | | |
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| Evidence | Mutation in System Syndrom with Kidney Involvment
- Burwinkel B, Sanjad SA, Al-Sabban E, Al-Abbad A, Kilimann MW A mutation in GLUT2, not in phosphorylase kinase subunits, in hepato-renalglycogenosis with Fanconi syndrome and low phosphorylase kinase activity. Hum Genet 1999 Sep;105(3):240-3.
- Sakamoto O, Ogawa E, Ohura T, Igarashi Y, Matsubara Y, Narisawa K, Iinuma K Mutation analysis of the GLUT2 gene in patients with Fanconi-Bickelsyndrome. Pediatr Res 2000 Nov;48(5):586-9.
Other key publications related to this gene
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