Glucose transporter type 6, a Class 3 GLUT, of the Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters
Glucose transporter type 6 (GLUT6) is also called Solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 6 (SLC2A6). It is classified as a Class 3 GLUT protein, and is a facilitative glucose transporter that binds cytochalasin B with low affinity. It is found in the brain, spleen, and leucocytes. GLUT6 may function in oxalate secretion. SLC2A6 has been identified as an oxalate nephrolithiasis gene in mice; its deletion causes spontaneous calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis in the setting of hyperoxalaemia, hyperoxaluria, and nephrocalcinosis. GLUT proteins are comprised of about 500 amino acid residues, possess a single N-linked oligosaccharide, and have 12 transmembrane segments. They belong to the Glucose transporter -like (GLUT-like) family of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) of membrane transport proteins. MFS proteins are thought to function through a single substrate binding site, alternating-access mechanism involving a rocker-switch type of movement.
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