OST Family

Members of the organic solute transporter (OST) family (TC# 2.A.82) (Slc51 genes) have been characterized from a small bottom feeding species of fish called the little skate, Raja erinacea.[1] Members have also been characterized from humans and mice.[2] The OST family is a member of the larger group of secondary carriers, the APC superfamily.[clarification needed]

  1. ^ Wang, W; Seward, DJ; Li, L; Boyer, JL; Ballatori, N (July 31, 2001). "Expression cloning of two genes that together mediate organic solute and steroid transport in the liver of a marine vertebrate". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 98 (16): 9431–6. Bibcode:2001PNAS...98.9431W. doi:10.1073/pnas.161099898. PMC 55438. PMID 11470901.
  2. ^ Seward, DJ; Koh, AS; Boyer, JL; Ballatori, N (July 25, 2003). "Functional complementation between a novel mammalian polygenic transport complex and an evolutionarily ancient organic solute transporter, OSTalpha-OSTbeta". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (30): 27473–82. doi:10.1074/jbc.M301106200. PMID 12719432.