Protein Slc18A2

URN urn:agi-llid:6571
Connectivity 90
Name Slc18A2
Description solute carrier family 18 (vesicular monoamine), member 2
Notes The vesicular monoamine transporter acts to accumulate cytosolic monoamines into synaptic vesicles, using the proton gradient maintained across the synaptic vesicular membrane. Its proper function is essential to the correct activity of the monoaminergic systems that have been implicated in several human neuropsychiatric disorders. The transporter is a site of action of important drugs, including reserpine and tetrabenazine (Peter et al., 1993 [PubMed 7905859]). See also SLC18A1 (MIM 193002).[supplied by OMIM]

Pathway Copy of 'epinephrine biosynthetic pathway'
norepinephrine biosynthetic pathway
dopamine biosynthetic pathway
epinephrine biosynthetic pathway
epinephrine biosynthetic pathway

GO Molecular Function amine transmembrane transporter activity
monoamine transmembrane transporter activity

GO Cellular Component synaptic vesicle
membrane
cell body
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoplasmic vesicle membrane
dense core granule
membrane fraction
integral to membrane
integral to plasma membrane
axon terminus

GO Biological Process death
transmembrane transport
post-embryonic development
aging
transport
insulin secretion
synaptic vesicle amine transport
response to toxin
locomotory behavior
response to amphetamine
neurotransmitter transport
monoamine transport
glucose homeostasis

Ariadne Ontology Neurotransmitter loading
Other transport proteins

Group Neurotransmitter loading
Other transport proteins
death
transmembrane transport
post-embryonic development
aging
transport
insulin secretion
synaptic vesicle amine transport
response to toxin
locomotory behavior
response to amphetamine
neurotransmitter transport
monoamine transport
glucose homeostasis
amine transmembrane transporter activity
monoamine transmembrane transporter activity
synaptic vesicle
membrane
cell body
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoplasmic vesicle membrane
dense core granule
membrane fraction
integral to membrane
integral to plasma membrane
axon terminus

MedScan ID 6571

Hugo ID 10935

Human chromosome position 10q25

LocusLink ID 6571
214084
25549

Alias SVAT
SVMT
VAT2
VMAT2
MGC26538
MGC120477
MGC120478
synaptic vesicular amine transporter
monoamine transporter
vesicular amine transporter 2
vesicle monoamine/H+ antiporter
solute carrier family 18 member 2
vesicle monoamine transporter type 2
monoamine neurotransmitter transporter
MGC90556
9330105E13
1110037L13Rik
vesicular monoamine transporter 2
MNAT
solute carrier family 18, member 2
Solute carrier family 18 A2 (vesicular monoamine transporter 2)
1110037L13
AV329468
OTTHUMP00000020576
Slc18a2
solute carrier family 18 (vesicular monoamine), member 2
solute carrier family 18 (vesicular monoamine), member II
solute carrier family 18 a2
solute carrier family 18, member II
Synaptic vesicle amine transporter
vesicle monoamine transporter type II
Vesicular amine transporter II
vesicular monoamine transporter II

Organism Homo sapiens
Mus musculus
Rattus norvegicus

GenBank ID NC_000010
NM_003054
NP_003045
NT_030059
NW_001838006
NW_924884
AC_000142
AC_000053
AB044401
BAB19009
AL391988
CAH70348
AL731557
CAI14828
CH471066
EAW49428
EAW49429
EAW49430
X94079
CAA63824
AK314997
BAG37493
BC030593
AAH30593
BC108927
AAI08928
BC108928
AAI08929
BQ416859
DB458870
L09118
AAA59877
L14269
AAA91853
L23205
AAA61290
X71354
CAA50489
Q05940
Q4G147
Q99870
NC_000085
NM_172523
NP_766111
NT_039687
NW_001030648
AC_000041
AC139040
CH466585
EDL01823
AJ555564
CAD88262
AK033871
BAC28501
AK034368
AK035644
AK041274
BAC30887
AK078096
AK165147
AV328655
BC078449
AAH78449
Q66L40
Q8BRU6
NC_005100
NM_013031
NP_037163
NW_047570
NW_001084775
AC_000069
CH473986
EDL94556
EDL94557
L00603
AAA41627
M97381
AAA42190
Q01827

OMIM ID 193001

Mouse chromosome position 19 53.0 cM

GO ID 0008504
0016265
0007626
0015844
0006836
0009791
0001975
0009636
0055085
0031410
0030659
0005887
0016020
0005624
0005275
0007568
0042593
0030073
0006810
0043679
0044297
0031045
0016021
0008021
0015842

Rat chromosome position 1q55

Swiss-Prot Accession Q05940
Q4G147
Q99870
Q8BRU6
Q66L40
Q01827
Q9QVP1
B2RC96
Q15876
Q5VW49
Q9H3P6
Q8CC55
D3DRC4

PIR ID A46374
A49368
S29810

Unigene ID Hs.596992
Mm.361919
Mm.479202
Rn.9686

KEGG ID hsa:6571
mmu:214084
rno:25549

Swiss-Prot ID VMAT2_RAT
VMAT2_HUMAN
VMAT2_MOUSE
D3DRC4_HUMAN
B2RC96_HUMAN

Cell Localization Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane
Plasma membrane

IPI ID IPI00207117
IPI00016759
IPI00224463
IPI00471470

Homologene ID 2298

RGD ID 3694

MGI ID 106677