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ID/Version
Q9JIF3 Q5BKP8 Q9JJZ0 Q9JJP4 (UniProt | EBI) Last sequence update: 2011-07-27
Last annotation update: 2025-02-05
Sequence
description
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RecName: Full=Solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 8 {ECO:0000305};AltName: Full=Glucose transporter type 8 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10821868}; Short=GLUT-8 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10821868};AltName: Full=Glucose transporter type
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Sequence
Polypeptide 477 aa
For this sequence
Source
Organism mouse
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Annotated genes and markers Follow the symbol links to get more information on the GO terms, expression assays, orthologs, phenotypic alleles, and other information for the genes or markers below.
Type Symbol Name GO Terms Expression
Assays
Orthologs Phenotypic
Alleles
Gene Slc2a8 solute carrier family 2, (facilitated glucose transporter), member 8 33 105 3 8
Sequence references in MGI J:62280 Doege H, et al., GLUT8, a novel member of the sugar transport facilitator family with glucose transport activity. J Biol Chem. 2000 May 26;275(21):16275-80
J:62999 Carayannopoulos MO, et al., GLUT8 is a glucose transporter responsible for insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in the blastocyst. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Jun 20;97(13):7313-8
J:72589 Scheepers A, et al., Mouse GLUT8: Genomic Organization and Regulation of Expression in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by Glucose. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2001 Nov 9;288(4):969-74
J:74422 Ibberson M, et al., GLUTX1, a novel mammalian glucose transporter expressed in the central nervous system and insulin-sensitive tissues. J Biol Chem. 2000 Feb 18;275(7):4607-12
J:99680 The FANTOM Consortium and RIKEN Genome Exploration Research Group and Genome Science Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), The Transcriptional Landscape of the Mammalian Genome. Science. 2005;309(5740):1559-1563
J:110355 Schmidt U, et al., Endocytosis of the glucose transporter GLUT8 is mediated by interaction of a dileucine motif with the beta2-adaptin subunit of the AP-2 adaptor complex. J Cell Sci. 2006 Jun 1;119(Pt 11):2321-31
J:276390 Corpe CP, et al., Intestinal dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) transport mediated by the facilitative sugar transporters, GLUT2 and GLUT8. J Biol Chem. 2013 Mar 29;288(13):9092-101
J:292518 Huttlin EL, et al., A tissue-specific atlas of mouse protein phosphorylation and expression. Cell. 2010 Dec 23;143(7):1174-89

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last database update
03/25/2025
MGI 6.24
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