Protein
Mitochondrial ornithine transporter 1
Function
Ornithine-citrulline antiporter. Connects the cytosolic and the intramitochondrial reactions of the urea cycle by exchanging cytosolic ornithine with matrix citrulline (PubMed:12807890). The stoichiometry is close to 1:1 (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the mitochondrial carrier (TC 2.A.29) family.
Sequence
MKSNPAIQAAIDLTAGAAGGTACVLTGQPFDTMKVKMQTFPDLYRGLTDCCLKTYSQVGFRGFYKGTSPALIANIAENSVLFMCYGFCQQVVRKVAGLDKQAKLSDLQNAAAGSFASAFAALVLCPTELVKCRLQTMYEMETSGKIAKSQNTVWSVIKSILRKDGPLGFYHGLSSTLLREVPGYFFFFGGYELSRSFFASGRSKDELGPVPLMLSGGVGGICLWLAVYPVDCIKSRIQVLSMSGKQAGFIRTFINVVKNEGITALYSGLKPTMIRAFPANGALFLAYEYSRKLMMNQLEAY