2900052E22Rik antibody, AI851913 antibody, VGluT1 antibody, Vglut1 antibody, BNPI antibody, VGLUT1 antibody, slc17a7 antibody, vglut1 antibody, solute carrier family 17 (sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter), member 7 antibody, solute carrier family 17 member 7 antibody, solute carrier family 17 (vesicular glutamate transporter), member 7a antibody, Slc17a7 antibody, SLC17A7 antibody, slc17a7a antibody
Background
VGLUT1 is expressed in a subset of glutamate neurons and transports glutamate into native synaptic vesicles from the brain, exhibiting a conductance for chloride that is blocked by glutamate (1). Vesicular glutamate transport has a substantially lower apparent affinity than the plasma membrane excitatory amino acid transporters. Glutamate transport by VGLUT1 is saturated with a K(m) of approximately 2 mM, in the same range as transport by synaptic vesicles. Finally, plasma membrane glutamate transporters recognize both aspartate and glutamate as substrates, whereas VGLUT1 does not recognize aspartate (2).Synonyms: BNPI, Brain-specific Na(+)-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter, Solute carrier family 17 member 7, Vesicular glutamate transporter 1