DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature on SLC16A6

SLC16A6 [ENSP00000319991]

Monocarboxylate transporter 7; Proton-linked monocarboxylate transporter. Catalyzes the rapid transport across the plasma membrane of many monocarboxylates such as lactate, pyruvate, branched-chain oxo acids derived from leucine, valine and isoleucine, and the ketone bodies acetoacetate, beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetate (By similarity); Belongs to the major facilitator superfamily. Monocarboxylate porter (TC 2.A.1.13) family.

Synonyms:  SLC16A6,  SLC16A6p,  hSLC16A6,  A0A024R8J3,  A0A087WX92 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM