Protein
Solute carrier family 23 member 2
Organism
Xenopus tropicalis
Function
Sodium/ascorbate cotransporter. Mediates electrogenic uptake of vitamin C, with a stoichiometry of 2 Na(+) for each ascorbate (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the xanthine/uracil permease family. Nucleobase:cation symporter-2 (NCS2) (TC 2.A.40) subfamily.
Sequence
MGIGRNPSSKAMESTNSTDGKYEEESKHTAFFTLPAVINGGAASSGDQDTEDTELMAIYTTESGIAEKSSLAETLDSTGSLDRQRLDMIYTVEDVPPWYLCIFLGLQHYLTCFSGTVAVPFLLAEAMCVGFDQWATSQLIGTIFFCVGITTLFQTTFGCRLPLFQASAFAFLAPARAILSLEKWKCNTTDLSITNGTELLHTEHIWYPRIREIQGAIIMSSLIEVVIGFLGLPGALLKYIGPLTITPTVSLIGLSGFQAAGERAGKHWGIAMLTIFLVLLFSQYARNVKLPLPIYKSKKGWTAYKLQLFKMFPIIMAILVSWLLCFIFTVTDVFPPDSSKYGYYARTDARQGVLTVAPWFKVPYPFQWGLPTVSAAGVIGMLSAVVASIIESIGDYYACARLSCAPPPPIHAINRGIFIEGLSCVLDGVFGTGNGSTSSSPNIGVLGITKVASRRVIQYGAAFMLLLGMIGKFSALFASLPDPVLGALFCTLFGMITAVGLSNLQFVDLNSSRNLFVLGFSIFFGLMLPSYLKQNPLVTGIAEIDQVLNVLLTTAMFVGGCTAFILDNTIPGTPEERGIRKWKRGVGKGTSGIEGMESYDLPFGMGFLRRYKCFSYLPISPTFAGYQWKALRKCGSCPRAAEEEPEPAV