Protein
Excitatory amino acid transporter
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans
Function
Transports L-glutamate and also L- and D-aspartate. Essential for terminating the postsynaptic action of glutamate by rapidly removing released glutamate from the synaptic cleft. Acts as a symport by cotransporting sodium (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the dicarboxylate/amino acid:cation symporter (DAACS) (TC 2.A.23) family.
Sequence
MPPDTRINKEIMVSWIRKNLLLVLTVSSVVLGALCGFLLRGLQLSPQNIMYISFPGELLMHMLKMMILPLIMSSLISGLAQLDARQSGKLGSLAVTYYMFTTAVAVVTGIFLVLVIHPGDPTIKKEIGTGTEGKTVSTVDTLLDLLRNMFPENVVQATFQQVQTKYIKVRPKVVKNNDSATLAALNNGSLDYVKASVEYTSGMNVLGVIVFCIAIGISLSQLGQEAHVMVQFFVIMDKVIMKLVMTVMWYSPFGIFCLIMGKILEIHDLADTARMLAMYMVTVLSGLAIHSLISLPLIFFVTTKKNPYVFMRGLFQAWITALGTASSSATLPITFNCLEENLGVDRRVTRFVLPVGATINMDGTALYEAVAAIFIAQINGVHLSFGQVVTVSLTATLASIGAASVPSAGLVTMLLVLTAVGLPVKDVSLIVAVDWLLDRIRTSINVLGDAMGAGIVYHYSKADLDAHDRLAATTRSHSIAMNDEKRQLAVYNSLPTDDEKHTH