Sodium-glucose transport proteins

solute carrier family 5 (sodium/glucose cotransporter), member 1
Identifiers
SymbolSLC5A1
Alt. symbolsSGLT1
NCBI gene6523
HGNC11036
OMIM182380
RefSeqNM_000343
UniProtP13866
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LocusChr. 22 q13.1
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solute carrier family 5 (sodium/glucose cotransporter), member 2
Identifiers
SymbolSLC5A2
Alt. symbolsSGLT2
NCBI gene6524
HGNC11037
OMIM182381
RefSeqNM_003041
UniProtP31639
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LocusChr. 16 p11.2
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solute carrier family 5 (low affinity glucose cotransporter), member four
Identifiers
SymbolSLC5A4
Alt. symbolsSGLT3, SAAT1, DJ90G24.4
NCBI gene6527
HGNC11039
RefSeqNM_014227
UniProtQ9NY91
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LocusChr. 22 q12.1-12.3
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Sodium-dependent glucose cotransporters (or sodium-glucose linked transporter, SGLT) are a family of glucose transporter found in the intestinal mucosa (enterocytes) of the small intestine (SGLT1) and the proximal tubule of the nephron (SGLT2 in PCT and SGLT1 in PST). They contribute to renal glucose reabsorption. In the kidneys, 100% of the filtered glucose in the glomerulus has to be reabsorbed along the nephron (98% in PCT, via SGLT2). If the plasma glucose concentration is too high (hyperglycemia), glucose passes into the urine (glucosuria) because SGLT are saturated with the filtered glucose.