Sodium- and chloride-dependent creatine transporter 1

SLC6A8
Identifiers
Aliases	SLC6A8, CCDS1, CRT, CRTR, CT1, CTR5, solute carrier family 6 member 8
External IDs	OMIM: 300036 MGI: 2147834 HomoloGene: 4113 GeneCards: SLC6A8
Gene location (Human) Chr. X chromosome (human) Band Xq28 Start 153,687,926 bp End 153,696,588 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. X chromosome (mouse) Band X A7.3|X 37.38 cM Start 72,716,756 bp End 72,726,108 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in inferior olivary nucleus optic nerve gastrocnemius muscle left ventricle postcentral gyrus external globus pallidus Region I of hippocampus proper inferior ganglion of vagus nerve parotid gland ventral tegmental area Top expressed in seminal vesicula left colon duodenum ileum myocardium of ventricle lip jejunum digastric muscle pontine nuclei esophagus More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function neurotransmitter:sodium symporter activity creatine transmembrane transporter activity symporter activity creatine:sodium symporter activity molecular function choline transmembrane transporter activity Cellular component membrane plasma membrane integral component of plasma membrane integral component of membrane glutamatergic synapse integral component of postsynaptic membrane Biological process muscle contraction sodium ion transport ion transport creatine metabolic process neurotransmitter transport creatine transmembrane transport choline transport embryonic brain development Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 6535 102857 Ensembl ENSG00000130821 ENSMUSG00000019558 UniProt P48029 Q8VBW1 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005629 NM_001142805 NM_001142806 NM_001142809 NM_001142810 NM_133987 RefSeq (protein) NP_001136277 NP_001136278 NP_005620 NP_001136281 NP_001136282 NP_598748 Location (UCSC) Chr X: 153.69 – 153.7 Mb Chr X: 72.72 – 72.73 Mb PubMed search
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Sodium- and chloride-dependent creatine transporter 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC6A8 gene.

Clinical significance

Mutations of the SLC6A8 gene can cause cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome 1.

See also

• Sodium:neurotransmitter symporter
• Solute carrier family

Further reading

• Barnwell LF, Chaudhuri G, Townsel JG (1995). "Cloning and sequencing of a cDNA encoding a novel member of the human brain GABA/noradrenaline neurotransmitter transporter family". Gene. 159 (2): 287–8. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(95)00104-E. PMID 7622069.
• Sora I, Richman J, Santoro G, et al. (1994). "The cloning and expression of a human creatine transporter". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 204 (1): 419–27. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1994.2475. PMID 7945388.
• Nash SR, Giros B, Kingsmore SF, et al. (1994). "Cloning, pharmacological characterization, and genomic localization of the human creatine transporter". Recept. Channels. 2 (2): 165–74. PMID 7953292.
• Iyer GS, Krahe R, Goodwin LA, et al. (1996). "Identification of a testis-expressed creatine transporter gene at 16p11.2 and confirmation of the X-linked locus to Xq28". Genomics. 34 (1): 143–6. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0254. PMID 8661037.
• Sandoval N, Bauer D, Brenner V, et al. (1996). "The genomic organization of a human creatine transporter (CRTR) gene located in Xq28". Genomics. 35 (2): 383–5. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0373. PMID 8661155.
• Grunau C, Hindermann W, Rosenthal A (2000). "Large-scale methylation analysis of human genomic DNA reveals tissue-specific differences between the methylation profiles of genes and pseudogenes". Hum. Mol. Genet. 9 (18): 2651–63. doi:10.1093/hmg/9.18.2651. PMID 11063724.
• Salomons GS, van Dooren SJ, Verhoeven NM, et al. (2001). "X-linked creatine-transporter gene (SLC6A8) defect: a new creatine-deficiency syndrome". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 68 (6): 1497–500. doi:10.1086/320595. PMC 1226136. PMID 11326334.
• Hahn KA, Salomons GS, Tackels-Horne D, et al. (2002). "X-linked mental retardation with seizures and carrier manifestations is caused by a mutation in the creatine-transporter gene (SLC6A8) located in Xq28". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 70 (5): 1349–56. doi:10.1086/340092. PMC 447610. PMID 11898126.
• Bizzi A, Bugiani M, Salomons GS, et al. (2002). "X-linked creatine deficiency syndrome: a novel mutation in creatine transporter gene SLC6A8". Ann. Neurol. 52 (2): 227–31. doi:10.1002/ana.10246. PMID 12210795. S2CID 6557065.
• Wang W, Shang LH, Jacobs DO (2002). "Complement regulatory protein CD59 involves c-SRC related tyrosine phosphorylation of the creatine transporter in skeletal muscle during sepsis". Surgery. 132 (2): 334–40. doi:10.1067/msy.2002.125312. PMID 12219031.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Rosenberg EH, Almeida LS, Kleefstra T, et al. (2004). "High prevalence of SLC6A8 deficiency in X-linked mental retardation". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 75 (1): 97–105. doi:10.1086/422102. PMC 1182013. PMID 15154114.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Shojaiefard M, Christie DL, Lang F (2006). "Stimulation of the creatine transporter SLC6A8 by the protein kinases SGK1 and SGK3". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 334 (3): 742–6. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.164. PMID 16036218.
• Dodd JR, Christie DL (2005). "Substituted cysteine accessibility of the third transmembrane domain of the creatine transporter: defining a transport pathway". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (38): 32649–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.M506723200. PMID 16049011.
• Schiaffino MC, Bellini C, Costabello L, et al. (2006). "X-linked creatine transporter deficiency: clinical description of a patient with a novel SLC6A8 gene mutation". Neurogenetics. 6 (3): 165–8. doi:10.1007/s10048-005-0002-4. PMID 16086185. S2CID 3045047.
• Clark AJ, Rosenberg EH, Almeida LS, et al. (2006). "X-linked creatine transporter (SLC6A8) mutations in about 1% of males with mental retardation of unknown etiology". Hum. Genet. 119 (6): 604–10. doi:10.1007/s00439-006-0162-9. PMID 16738945. S2CID 24863202.

External links

• GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Creatine Deficiency Syndromes

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