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TRANSPORTERS FROM HUMANS:
Transporter Information:
Name: solute carrier family 28 (sodium-coupled nucleoside transporter), member 2
Symbol: SLC28A2
TC: 2.A.41.2.4
Locations: 15q15
Aliases: CNT2, SPNT1
GenBank: U84392
Swiss-Prot: O43868
Accession Number: NM_004212
GDBGDB:9955125
LocusLink9153
OMIM606208
PubMed (9435697): Wang J, Su SF, Dresser MJ, Schaner ME, Washington CB, Giacomini KM. Na(+)-dependent purine nucleoside transporter from human kidney: cloning andfunctional characterization.Am J Physiol. 1997 Dec;273(6 Pt 2):F1058-65. PMID: 9435697 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Many purine nucleosides and their analogs are actively transported in the kidney. Using homology cloning strategies and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactions, we isolated a cDNA encoding a Na(+)-dependent nucleoside transporter, hSPNT1, from human kidney. Functional expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes identified hSPNT1 as a Na(+)-dependent nucleoside transporter that selectively transports purine nucleosides but also transports uridine. The Michaelis constant (K(m)) of uridine (80 microM) in interacting with hSPNT1 was substantially higher than that of inosine (4.5 microM). hSPNT1 (658 amino acids) is 81% identical to the previously cloned rat Na(+)-nucleoside transporter, SPNT, but differs markedly from SPNT in terms of its primary structure in the NH2 terminus. In addition, an Alu repetitive element (approximately 282 bp) is present in the 3'-untranslated region of the hSPNT1 cDNA. Northern analysis revealed that multiple transcripts of hSPNT1 are widely distributed in human tissues including human kidney. In contrast, rat SPNT transcripts are absent in kidney and highly localized to liver and intestine. The hSPNT1 gene was localized to chromosome 15. This is the first demonstration of a purine nucleoside transporter in human kidney.

>sp|O43868|CNT2_HUMAN SODIUM/NUCLEOSIDE COTRANSPORTER 2 (NA(+)/NUCLEOSIDE COTRANSPORTER 2) (SODIUM-COUPLED NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 2) (CONCENTRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 2) (CNT 2) (SODIUM/PURINE NUCLEOSIDE CO-TRANSPORTER) (SPNT) - Homo sapiens (Human).
MEKASGRQSIALSTVETGTVNPGLELMEKEVEPEGSKRTDAQGHSLGDGLGPSTYQRRSRWPFSKARSFCKTHASLFKKI
LLGLLCLAYAAYLLAACILNFQRALALFVITCLVIFVLVHSFLKKLLGKKLTRCLKPFENSRLRLWTKWVFAGVSLVGLI
LWLALDTAQRPEQLIPFAGICMFILILFACSKHHSAVSWRTVFSGLGLQFVFGILVIRTDLGYTVFQWLGEQVQIFLNYT
VAGSSFVFGDTLVKDVFAFQALPIIIFFGCVVSILYYLGLVQWVVQKVAWFLQITMGTTATETLAVAGNIFVGMTEAPLL
IRPYLGDMTLSEIHAVMTGGFATISGTVLGAFIAFGVDASSLISASVMAAPCALASSKLAYPEVEESKFKSEEGVKLPRG
KERNVLEAASNGAVDAIGLATNVAANLIAFLAVLAFINAALSWLGELVDIQGLTFQVICSYLLRPMVFMMGVEWTDCPMV
AEMVGIKFFINEFVAYQQLSQYKNKRLSGMEEWIEGEKQWISVRAEIITTFSLCGFANLSSIGITLGGLTSIVPHRKSDL
SKVVVRALFTGACVSLISACMAGILYVPRGAEADCVSFPNTSFTNRTYETYMCCRGLFQSTSLNGTNPPSFSGPWEDKEF
SAMALTNCCGFYNNTVCA