Chemicals and Drugs

Glycine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins

A family of sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters that transport the amino acid GLYCINE. They differ from GLYCINE RECEPTORS, which signal cellular responses to GLYCINE. They are located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of NEURONS; GLIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; and RED BLOOD CELLS where they remove inhibitory neurotransmitter glycine from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE.

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A family of sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters that transport the amino acid GLYCINE. They differ from GLYCINE RECEPTORS, which signal cellular responses to GLYCINE. They are located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of NEURONS; GLIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; and RED BLOOD CELLS where they remove inhibitory neurotransmitter glycine from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE.

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11 entry terms
  • GLYT Proteins
  • Glycine Plasma Membrane Transporter Proteins
  • Glycine Transporter
  • Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, Glycine-Specific
  • Neurotransmitter Transporters, Glycine-Specific
  • Glycine-Specific Neurotransmitter Transporters
  • Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, Glycine Specific
  • Neurotransmitter Transporters, Glycine Specific
  • Transporters, Glycine-Specific Neurotransmitter
  • Glycine Transporter 1
  • Glycine Transporter 2

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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2006(1987)

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  • Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral (1987-2005)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Glycine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D050487. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D050487
  2. Glycine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74647892