SLC6 neurotransmitter transporter family (version 2019.4) in the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology Database

Abstract

Members of the solute carrier family 6 (SLC6) of sodium- and (sometimes chloride-) dependent neurotransmitter transporters [29, 22, 70] are primarily plasma membrane located and may be divided into four subfamilies that transport monoamines, GABA, glycine and neutral amino acids, plus the related bacterial NSS transporters [99]. The members of this superfamily share a structural motif of 10 TM segments that has been observed in crystal structures of the NSS bacterial homolog LeuT_Aa, a Na⁺-dependent amino acid transporter from Aquiflex aeolicus [126] and in several other transporter families structurally related to LeuT [45].