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GIT3

Gene
GIT3
Protein
Major glycerophosphoinositol permease GIT3
Organism
Candida albicans (strain SC5314 / ATCC MYA-2876)
Length
535 amino acids
Function
Glycerophosphodiester transporter that mediates uptake of glycerophosphocholine (GroPCho) with GIT4 (PubMed:24114876). GIT3 acts as the major GroPCho permease (PubMed:24114876). Does not possess detectable glycerophosphoinositol (GroPIns) transport activity (PubMed:24114876). The expanded ability to utilize GroPIns and GroPCho results from the organism's pathogenic nature and its need to occupy a variety of environments within its host organism (PubMed:24114876). This possibility is buttressed by the fact that GroPIns and GroPCho are present and abundant in human fluids (PubMed:24114876).
Similarity
Belongs to the major facilitator superfamily. Sugar transporter (TC 2.A.1.1) family.
Mass
59.4 kDa
Sequence
MSTRDLPHSFSELSYGWVKRIRAEFTVGKSKEQLLAEDYHSTTDEDSEVVTSVKANSLWPAFASGAGLFSDGYVNNSISTVLFCLKKIYPDEITKSNAINNIASIAFVGTVVGQLGFGYISDRIARKGGMMAANVMLIFFTLMCAVGSWGVTVQGFFACLTVWRFFLGVAIGAEYPTSSVIASEFANQLPPGKRNRYFSWFTNAMIDSGFVVSAFVPFVLIWIFTEKHLRALWRVAIGLGVIPPLSLFFMRLKMKNSSSFQKLHMKNVKYRDYPWWLIVKFYWFRLTIVSLIWFIYDFSAYSFGNFNTIIIGEIIPEAPIWKQWGWSIVFNLFYIPGAFLGAISADYIGPRLTLALGVGIQGVIGIAMSACLNSLKKHIAGFVVVFGIFTTFGEFGPGDNIGLLASKTSATAIRGQYYGIAAAIGKIGAFVGTWVFPAIQSKYANNANPDLQLQVPFYISSALCLFSACLAIFFCPQVGQDAIYKEDHDFVQYLSNNGFDINMLGEGGDVREVCRESDSLEKGKRDDFQVDNNSL

Gene
git3
Protein
Glucose receptor protein git3
Organism
Schizosaccharomyces pombe (strain 972 / ATCC 24843)
Length
466 amino acids
Function
Activates gpa2 when triggered by glucose and then activates adenylate cyclase.
Similarity
Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor GPR1/git3 family.
Mass
53.86 kDa
Sequence
MLHLDYTFNVSDATSTSSIIIVSRRELANLRIMVIIASAISIVFSLIAIFWRWSRRRTIREQFHIALFSVLFIRSIVQMIHPCLALSDPFFWAPKHRCFTIGFFLLVLVRMTDYWIFINILHNALLVLFPHVDTERRGLYRFRHTVFTLSFVIPLTIGGLAFTNKRNTFVNLQTRCYLPYTPVRFMFGLNWSFDYALSIAIIALQTCMFISIRRKIKRFKKYSHQQTNVFDTLNVIDSYPTAPDQVALPPFPDTNSTLTYTPSNSQSIYSSQSQPSPYSRPLLSSVHPNLPPGSQSTPANLNQSGIHFEQDFRDSPNRTNGLEDHTSFKLSSPLTSDEDGASSVLAAYGNDMQDDPLLKQRKRILSQSKFLFAYPAIFIFMWILPQIQIIVILAQPLHCSGSCKRFAFVAVFADNFVAIFIALSDFIWICYRGYTYLKERDSSKSYWDQIKELTLKWWRGKFGEEK