Ornithine translocase
Ornithine translocase is responsible for transporting ornithine from the cytosol into the mitochondria in the urea cycle. It is highly expressed in the liver and pancreas.
| solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; ornithine transporter) member 15 | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | SLC25A15 | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | ORNT1, HHH | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 10166 | ||||||
| HGNC | 10985 | ||||||
| OMIM | 603861 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_014252 | ||||||
| UniProt | Q9Y619 | ||||||
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| Locus | Chr. 13 q14 | ||||||
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Pathology
A disorder is associated with ornithine translocase deficiency, and a form of hyperammonemia.
See also
External links
- ornithine+translocase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- SLC25A15 human gene location in the UCSC Genome Browser.
- SLC25A15 human gene details in the UCSC Genome Browser.
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