Protein
Cationic amino acid transporter 3
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Mediates the uptake of the cationic amino acids arginine, lysine and ornithine in a sodium-independent manner.
Similarity
Belongs to the amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily. Cationic amino acid transporter (CAT) (TC 2.A.3.3) family.
Sequence
MLWQALRRFGQKLVRRRLLELGMGETRLARCLSTLDLVALGVGSTLGAGVYVLAGEVAKEKAGPSIVICFLVAALSSVLAGLCYAEFGARVPGSGSAYLYSYVTVGELWAFTTGWNLILSYVIGTASVARAWSSAFDNLIGNHISQTLKGTILLNMPHVLAEYPDFFALALVLLLTGLLVLGANESGLVTKVFTGMNLLVLGFVIISGFIKGELRNWKLTKEDYCLTMSESNGTCSLDSMGSGGFMPFGLEGILRGAATCFYAFVGFDCIATTGEEAQNPQRSIPMGIVISLSICFLAYFGVSSALTLMMPYYKLQPESPLPEAFTYVGWEPARYLVAIGSLCALSTSLLGSMFPMPRVIYAMAEDGLLFRVLARVHNGTHTPIVATVVSGVIAAFMAFLFELTDLVDLMSIGTLLAYSLVSICVLILRYQPDQEMKNGEEEVELQEERTLEAEKLTVQALFCQVDSIPTLLSGRIVYVCSSLLAVLLTVLCLVLTWWTTPLHSGDPVWVTVVVLILGLILGISGVIWRQPQNRTPLHFKVPVVPLLPLVSIFVNVYLMMQMTADTWARFGVWMLIGFAIYFGYGIQHSVEEVKNHQTLPKTRPQTIDLDLTTSCVHSI