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SLC17A8 - solute carrier family 17 member 8 Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as DFNA25; VGLUT3

Gene ID: 246213 | Gene type: protein coding

About SLC17A8

Cytogenetic location: 12q23.1 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 12:100,357,074-100,422,055 (from NCBI)

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 273 orthologues, 12 paralogues and is associated with 2 phenotypes. Biased expression in small intestine (RPKM 3.2), brain (RPKM 0.5) and 3 other tissues.

Summary

This gene encodes a vesicular glutamate transporter. The encoded protein transports the neurotransmitter glutamate into synaptic vesicles before it is released into the synaptic cleft. Mutations in this gene are the cause of autosomal-dominant nonsyndromic type 25 deafness. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

SLC17A8 Products(2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_001145288.2 NP_001138760.1 vesicular glutamate transporter 3 isoform 2
NM_139319.3 NP_647480.1 vesicular glutamate transporter 3 isoform 1

SLC17A8 Protein Structure

MFS_1

MFS_1: Major Facilitator Superfamily (86 - 464)

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Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

vesicular glutamate transporter 3

solute carrier family 17 (sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter), member 8

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Deafness, Autosomal Dominant 25

DFNA25

Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Deafness 25

Autosomal Dominant Deafness 25

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, 25

Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Deafness Autosomal Dominant Type 25

Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Deafness Autosomal Dominant Type 25

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, Type 25

Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Deafness Type Dfna

Autosomal Dominant Isolated Neurosensory Deafness Type Dfna

Autosomal Dominant Isolated Neurosensory Hearing Loss Type Dfna

Autosomal Dominant Isolated Sensorineural Deafness Type Dfna

Autosomal Dominant Isolated Sensorineural Hearing Loss Type Dfna

Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Deafness Type Dfna

Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Hearing Loss Type Dfna

Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Hearing Loss Type Dfna

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 7

DFNB7

Dfnb11

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 11

Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Deafness 7

Autosomal Recessive Deafness 7

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive, 7

Deafness Neurosensory Autosomal Recessive 11

Deafness Neurosensory Autosomal Recessive 7

Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Deafness Autosomal Recessive Type 7

Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Deafness Autosomal Recessive Type 7

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive, Type 7

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant 64

DFNA64

Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Deafness 64

Autosomal Dominant Deafness 64

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, 64

Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Deafness Autosomal Dominant Type 64

Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Deafness Autosomal Dominant Type 64

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, Type 64

Usher Syndrome, Type Iiia

Usher Syndrome Type 3

Ush3

Usher Syndrome Type 3a

USH3A

Usher Syndrome, Type Iii

Usher Syndrome, Type 3

Usher Syndrome, Type 3a

Usher Syndrome Type Iiia

Usher Syndrome 3a

Usher'S Syndrome Type 3

Usher Syndrome Iii

Usher Syndrome Type Iii

Usher Syndrome, Type Ic

USH1C

Usher Syndrome Type 1c

Usher Syndrome, Type 1c

Usher Syndrome Type I Acadian Variety

Usher Syndrome Type Ic

Usher Syndrome, Type I, Acadian Variety

Usher Syndrome 1c

Acadian Usher Syndrome

Usher'S Syndrome Type 1c

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 9

Auditory Neuropathy, Autosomal Recessive, 1

Neurosensory Nonsyndromic Recessive Deafness 9

DFNB9

Nsrd9

Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Deafness 9

Autosomal Recessive Deafness 9

Nrsd9

AUNB1

Nonsyndromic Auditory Neuropathy Autosomal Recessive

Nsran

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive, 9

Deafness Neurosensory Autosomal Recessive 9

Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Deafness Autosomal Recessive Type 9

Non-Syndromic Recessive Hearing Loss 9

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive, Type 9

Auditory Neuropathy, Nonsyndromic Recessive

Cochlear Disease

Cochlear Diseases

Auditory Neuropathy, Autosomal Dominant 1

Autosomal Dominant Auditory Neuropathy 1

AUNA1

Nsdan

Auditory Neuropathy, Autosomal Dominant, 1

Auditory Neuropathy, Nonsyndromic Dominant

Nonsyndromic Dominant Auditory Neuropathy

Nonsyndromic Auditory Neuropathy Autosomal Dominant

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant 9

DFNA9

Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Deafness 9

Autosomal Dominant Deafness 9

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, 9

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, Type 9

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant 36

DFNA36

Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Deafness 36

Autosomal Dominant Deafness 36

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, 36

Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Deafness Autosomal Dominant Type 36

Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Deafness Autosomal Dominant Type 36

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant, Type 36

Li-Fraumeni Syndrome 1

Lfs1

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 1a

DFNB1A

Deafness, Digenic, Gjb2/Gjb3

Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Deafness 1a

Deafness, Digenic, Gjb2/Gjb6

Deafness, Digenic Gjb2/Gjb6

Autosomal Recessive Deafness 1a

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive, 1a

Deafness Digenic Gjb2/Gjb3

Deafness Digenic Gjb2/Gjb6

Deafness Neurosensory Autosomal Recessive 1

Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Deafness Autosomal Recessive Type 1

Non-Syndromic Sensorineural Deafness Autosomal Recessive Type 1

Nsrd1

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive, Type 1a

Deafness, Autosomal Dominant 16

DFNA16

Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Deafness 16

Autosomal Dominant Deafness 16

Deafness, X-Linked 5, With Peripheral Neuropathy

Deafness, X-Linked 5

DFNX5

Aunx1

Auditory Neuropathy, X-Linked, 1, With Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy

X-Linked Deafness 5

X-Linked Auditory Neuropathy With Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy Type 1

X-Linked Hsan With Deafness

X-Linked Auditory Neuropathy 1 With Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy

X-Linked Hereditary Sensory And Autonomic Neuropathy With Deafness

X-Linked Hsan With Hearing Loss

X-Linked Hereditary Sensory And Autonomic Neuropathy With Hearing Loss

Deafness, X-Linked, 5, With Peripheral Neuropathy

Deafness, X-Linked, Type 5

Autosomal Dominant Nonsyndromic Deafness

Autosomal Dominant Deafness

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Sensory Hearing Loss

Sensorineural Deafness

Sensorineural Hearing Loss Disorder

Hearing Loss, Sensorineural

Central Hearing Loss

High Frequency Deafness

High Frequency Hearing Loss

High-Frequency Hearing Loss

Perceptive Deafness

Perceptive Hearing Loss

Perceptive Hearing Loss Or Deafness

Hearing Loss Sensorineural

Deafness Sensorineural

Hearing Loss High-Frequency

Hearing Loss, Central

Hearing Loss, High-Frequency

Auditory System Disease

Ear Diseases

Ear And Mastoid Disease

Usher Syndrome, Type I

USH1

Usher Syndrome Type 1

Us1

Usher Syndrome, Type 1b

Usher Syndrome Type 1e

Retinitis Pigmentosa And Congenital Deafness

Usher Syndrome, Type Ie

USH1E

Usher Syndrome, Type 1e

Usher Syndrome, Type 1a

Usher Syndrome, Type Ib

Usher Syndrome Type 1b

Usher Syndrome Type Ie

Usher Syndrome Type I

Usher 1

Usher Syndrome, Type 1

Ush1a

Usher Syndrome, Type I, French Variety

Usher Syndrome, Type Ia

Usher Syndrome 1b

USH1B

Usher'S Syndrome Type 1b

Usher Syndrome Type Ib

Ushib

Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Deafness

Deafness, Autosomal Recessive, Nonsyndromic

Usher Syndrome

Deafness-Retinitis Pigmentosa Syndrome

Dystrophia Retinae Pigmentosa-Dysostosis Syndrome

Graefe-Usher Syndrome

Hallgren Syndrome

Usher'S Syndrome

Retinitis Pigmentosa-Deafness Syndrome

Retinitis Pigmentosa-Hearing Loss Syndrome

Ush

Usher Syndromes

Leber Plus Disease

Leber Congenital Amaurosis

Lca

Leber'S Amaurosis

Leber'S Disease

Amaurosis Congenita Of Leber

Amaurosis Congenita Of Leber, Type 1

Lhon Plus Disease

Congenital Absence Of The Rods And Cones

Congenital Retinal Blindness

Crb

Congenital Amaurosis Of Retinal Origin

Leber'S Congenital Amaurosis

Leber Congenital Amaurosis 1

Leber'S Congenital Tapetoretinal Degeneration

Leber'S Congenital Tapetoretinal Dysplasia

Lca1

Leber Congenital Amaurosis Type 1

Retinal Blindness, Congenital

Amaurosis, Leber Congenital

Dysgenesis Neuroepithelialis Retinae

Hereditary Epithelial Dysplasia Of Retina

Hereditary Retinal Aplasia

Heredoretinopathia Congenitalis

Leber Abiotrophy

Leber Congenital Tapetoretinal Degeneration

Lebers Congenital Amaurosis

Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Macaca mulatta SLC17A8 VGNC VGNC:77522
Mus musculus SLC17A8 MGD MGI:3039629
Bos taurus SLC17A8 VGNC VGNC:34703
Rattus norvegicus SLC17A8 RGD RGD:628870
Canis familiaris SLC17A8 VGNC VGNC:46253
Felis catus SLC17A8 VGNC VGNC:65224