ZFIN is now using GRCz12tu for Genomic Data
Gene

slc18a2

ID
ZDB-GENE-080514-1
Name
solute carrier family 18 member 2
Symbol
slc18a2 Nomenclature History
Previous Names
  • vmat2 (1)
Type
protein_coding_gene
Location
Chr: 17 Mapping Details/Browsers
Genome Assembly
GRCz12tu
Annotation Status
Current
Description
Predicted to enable serotonin:sodium:chloride symporter activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including startle response; swimming behavior; and thigmotaxis. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in synaptic vesicle membrane and terminal bouton. Is expressed in brain; female organism; male organism; and neurons. Used to study anxiety disorder. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Parkinson's disease and infantile parkinsonism-dystonia 2. Orthologous to human SLC18A2 (solute carrier family 18 member A2).
Genome Resources
Note
None
Comparative Information
Expression
All Expression Data
17 figures from 16 publications
Cross-Species Comparison
High Throughput Data
Thisse Expression Data
No data available
Wild Type Expression Summary
Phenotype
All Phenotype Data
14 figures from 4 publications
Cross-Species Comparison
Alliance
Phenotype Summary
Mutations
Mutants
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Human Disease
Associated With slc18a2 Human Ortholog
Disease Ontology Term Multi-Species Data OMIM Term OMIM Phenotype ID
infantile parkinsonism-dystonia 2 Alliance Parkinsonism-dystonia, infantile, 2 618049
Associated With slc18a2 Via Experimental Models
Gene Ontology
Protein Domains
Domain, Family, and Site Summary
Type InterPro ID Name
Domain IPR020846 Major facilitator superfamily domain
Family IPR001958 Tetracycline resistance protein TetA/multidrug resistance protein MdtG-like
Family IPR011701 Major facilitator superfamily
Family IPR050930 Major Facilitator Superfamily Vesicular Transporter
Homologous_superfamily IPR036259 MFS transporter superfamily
Domain Details Per Protein
Protein Additional Resources Length Major facilitator superfamily Major facilitator superfamily domain Major Facilitator Superfamily Vesicular Transporter MFS transporter superfamily Tetracycline resistance protein TetA/multidrug resistance protein MdtG-like
UniProtKB:Q5CZP4 InterPro 562
UniProtKB:A0A8M1P3E9 InterPro 515
UniProtKB:A0AC58HN18 InterPro 353
Transcripts
Genome Browsers
Type Name Annotation Method Has Havana Data Length (nt) Analysis
mRNA slc18a2-201 (1) Ensembl 1,762 nt
Interactions and Pathways
No data available
Antibodies
No data available
Plasmids
No data available
Constructs
Marker Relationships
Sequences
Genome Browsers
Orthology
Comparative Orthology
Alliance
Gene Tree
Ensembl
Citations