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SFXN1

Sideroflexin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFXN1 gene. According to Nora Kory et al., SFXN1 gene product has mitochondrial serine transporter activity.

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SFXN1
Identifiers
AliasesSFXN1, TCC, sideroflexin 1, SLC56A1
External IDsOMIM: 615569; MGI: 2137677; HomoloGene: 41494; GeneCards: SFXN1; OMA:SFXN1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_027324

RefSeq (protein)

NP_081600

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 175.48 – 175.53 MbChr 13: 54.23 – 54.26 Mb
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Sideroflexin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFXN1 gene.5 According to Nora Kory et al., SFXN1 gene product has mitochondrial serine transporter activity.6

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000164466Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021474Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: SFXN1 sideroflexin 1".
  6. Kory N, Wyant GA, Prakash G, Uit de Bos J, Bottanelli F, Pacold ME, et al. (November 2018). "SFXN1 is a mitochondrial serine transporter required for one-carbon metabolism". Science. 362 (6416) eaat9528. doi:10.1126/science.aat9528. PMC 6300058. PMID 30442778.
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