Solute carrier family 38 member 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC38A5 gene.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a system N sodium-coupled amino acid transporter. The encoded protein transports glutamine, asparagine, histidine, serine, alanine, and glycine across the cell membrane, but does not transport charged amino acids, imino acids, or N-alkylated amino acids. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.