Anti-SLC2A1 (aa 251-320) polyclonal antibody

Antibody Isotype

IgG

Species Reactivity

Human

Immunogen

KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from human SLC2A1 (251-320aa)

Conjugate

Alternative Names

Glucose Transporter SLC2A1; GT-1; GLUT-1; GLUT 1; Solute carrier family 2; facilitated glucose transporter member 1; Glucose transporter type 1; erythrocyte/brain; DYT17; DYT18; Erythrocyte/brain HepG2 glucose transporter; Erythrocyte/hepatoma glucose tra

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Antigen Description

Glucose transporter 1 (or SLC2A1), also known as solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 1 (SLC2A1), is a uniporter protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC2A1 gene. SLC2A1 facilitates the transport of glucose across the plasma membranes of mammalian cells.
Energy-yielding metabolism in erythrocytes depends on a constant supply of glucose from the blood plasma, where the glucose concentration is maintained at about 5mM. Glucose enters the erythrocyte by facilitated diffusion via a specific glucose transporter, at a rate about 50,000 times greater than uncatalyzed transmembrane diffusion. The glucose transporter of erythrocytes (called SLC2A1 to distinguish it from related glucose transporters in other tissues) is a type III integral protein with 12 hydrophobic segments, each of which is believed to form a membrane-spanning helix. The detailed structure of SLC2A1 is not known yet, but one plausible model suggests that the side-by-side assembly of several helices produces a transmembrane channel lined with hydrophilic residues that can hydrogen-bond with glucose as it moves through the channel.SLC2A1 is responsible for the low-level of basal glucose uptake required to sustain respiration in all cells. Expression levels of SLC2A1 in cell membranes are increased by reduced glucose levels and decreased by increased glucose levels.SLC2A1 is also a major receptor for uptake of Vitamin C as well as glucose, especially in non vitamin C producing mammals as part of an adaptation to compensate by participating in a Vitamin C recycling process. In mammals that do produce Vitamin C, GLUT4 is often expressed instead of SLC2A1.

Pathway

Adipocytokine signaling pathway, organism-specific biosystem; Adipocytokine signaling pathway, conserved biosystem; Bile secretion, organism-specific biosystem Bile secretion, conserved biosystem; Defective AMN causes hereditary megaloblastic anemia 1, organism-specific biosystem; Defective BTD causes biotidinase deficiency, organism-specific biosystem