Protein
Mitochondrial glycine transporter
Organism
Kluyveromyces lactis (strain ATCC 8585 / CBS 2359 / DSM 70799 / NBRC 1267 / NRRL Y-1140 / WM37)
Function
Mitochondrial glycine transporter that imports glycine into the mitochondrial matrix. Plays an important role in providing glycine for the first enzymatic step in heme biosynthesis, the condensation of glycine with succinyl-CoA to produce 5-aminolevulinate (ALA) in the mitochondrial matrix.
Similarity
Belongs to the mitochondrial carrier (TC 2.A.29) family. SLC25A38 subfamily.
Sequence
MSEQRRATTHLIGGFSGGLVSAIILQPFDLLKTRLQQDKTSTLWKTLKSIETPSQLWRGALPSCIRTSVGSAMYLTMLNSIRQAISKGKNTGSTGSSYLPQLNMYENMFSGAVTRALTGLITMPITVIKVRYESTLYQYTSLRYATSHIFRTEGLRGFFRGFGATALRDAPYAGLYMLFYDRMKVLVPTLLPSNVVKLNSDNRYSTYASTLINGSSAFSAAVIATSITAPFDTVKTRMQLEPAKFHSFTSTFWHIATKESVRNLFAGISLRLTRKAFSAGIAWGIYEEIVKKFV