UCSF Pharmacogenetics of Membrane Transporters
Gene View
Common Name:GLUT5
HGNC Symbol:SLC2A5
HGNC Description:solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose/fructose transporter), member 5
HGNC ID:11010
Chromosome:Chr.1(-): 9019594-9052257
Location:1p36.2
OMIM:138230
OMIM Phenotype:None
Accessions:M55531
Nucleotide RefSeq:NM_003039
Protein RefSeq:NP_003030
Entrez:6518
Isoforms:1
Evidence:Substrate In Vitro Evidence: Fructose, 2-deoxyglucose, D-glucose (Xenopus oocytes) Burant, C. F.; Takeda, J.; Brot-Laroche, E.; Bell, G. I.; Davidson, N. O. Fructose transporter in human spermatozoa and small intestine is GLUT5. J. Biol. Chem. 267: 14523-14526, 1992. Kayano, T.; Burant, C. F.; Fukumoto, H.; Gould, G. W.; Fan, Y. S.; Eddy, R. L.; Byers, M. G.; Shows, T. B.; Seino, S.; Bell, G. I. Human facilitative glucose transporters: isolation, functional characterization, and gene localization of cDNAs encoding an isoform (GLUT5) expressed in small intestine, kidney, muscle, and adipose tissue and an unusual glucose transporter pseudogene-like sequence (GLUT6). J. Biol. Chem. 265: 13276-13282, 1990. Substrate In Vivo Evidence: Fructose, Glucose Monteiro IM, Jiang L, Ferraris RP. Dietary modulation of intestinal fructose transport and GLUT5 mRNA expression in hypothyroid rat pups. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 29(5): 563-70, 1999. Tissue Distribution Evidence: GLUT5 mRNA is expressed at highest levels in small intestine and testis and at much lower levels in kidney, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue. (Northern blotting) Burant, C. F.; Takeda, J.; Brot-Laroche, E.; Bell, G. I.; Davidson, N. O. Fructose transporter in human spermatozoa and small intestine is GLUT5. J. Biol. Chem. 267: 14523-14526, 1992. Kayano, T.; Burant, C. F.; Fukumoto, H.; Gould, G. W.; Fan, Y. S.; Eddy, R. L.; Byers, M. G.; Shows, T. B.; Seino, S.; Bell, G. I. Human facilitative glucose transporters: isolation, functional characterization, and gene localization of cDNAs encoding an isoform (GLUT5) expressed in small intestine, kidney, muscle, and adipose tissue and an unusual glucose transporter pseudogene-like sequence (GLUT6). J. Biol. Chem. 265: 13276-13282, 1990.
Tissues:High in small intestine and testis; low in kidney, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue
Type:protein coding
Sets:0
PharmGKB ID:PA35880
HPRD ID:00690
Substrates:Fructose, 2-deoxyglucose, D-glucose
Trivial Names:GLUT5
Transcripts:NM_003039 [Chr.1(-): 9019594-9052257]

Transmembrane prediction:

Non-synonymous amino acid changes shown in red, indels (insertions and deletions) in blue, and synonymous changes in green. Exon(s) indicated by black outlines.