| Tissue Specificity | Detected in brain. Detected at very much lower levels in heart, lung, placenta and skeletal muscle. Highly expressed in cerebellum, but also found in frontal cortex, hippocampus and basal ganglia. |
| Post Translational Modifications | Glycosylated. |
| Function | Sodium-dependent, high-affinity amino acid transporter that mediates the uptake of L-glutamate and also L-aspartate and D-aspartate. Functions as a symporter that transports one amino acid molecule together with two or three Na(+) ions and one proton, in parallel with the counter-transport of one K(+) ion. Mediates Cl(-) flux that is not coupled to amino acid transport.this avoids the accumulation of negative charges due to aspartate and Na(+) symport. Plays a redundant role in the rapid removal of released glutamate from the synaptic cleft, which is essential for terminating the postsynaptic action of glutamate. |
| Protein Name | Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1Sodium-Dependent Glutamate/Aspartate Transporter 1Glast-1Solute Carrier Family 1 Member 3 |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-210455Reactome: R-HSA-210500Reactome: R-HSA-425393Reactome: R-HSA-5619062 |
| Cellular Localisation | Cell MembraneMulti-Pass Membrane Protein |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1 antibodyAnti-Sodium-Dependent Glutamate/Aspartate Transporter 1 antibodyAnti-Glast-1 antibodyAnti-Solute Carrier Family 1 Member 3 antibodyAnti-SLC1A3 antibodyAnti-EAAT1 antibodyAnti-GLAST antibodyAnti-GLAST1 antibody |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org
