The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Sodium Coupled Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 across different species:

solute carrier family 5 (iodide transporter), member 8 (SLC5A8), solute carrier family 5 (iodide transporter), member 8 (slc5a8), solute carrier family 5 (iodide transporter), member 8 (Slc5a8), solute carrier family 5 (iodide transporter), member 8-like (slc5a8l)

Other aliases include:

AIT, SMCT, SMCT1, MGC125354, ait, vito, smct1, MGC69201, MGC75629, smcte, RGD1564146, slc5a8, wu:fd59e02, zgc:152716

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Sodium Coupled Monocarboxylate Transporter 1:

sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporter 1 – apical iodide transporter – solute carrier family 5 member 8 – sodium iodide-related cotransporter – electrogenic sodium monocarboxylate cotransporter – xSMCTe – sodium solute transporter Vito – zSMCTe – sodium solute symporter family 5 member 8 protein – sodium-dependent monocarboxylate cotransporter

Sodium Coupled Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 fulfills a number of functions:

passive transmembrane transporter activity – symporter activity – transporter activity – secondary active monocarboxylate transmembrane transporter activity

Sodium Coupled Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 is relevant to the following processes:

apoptosis – ion transport – sodium ion transport – transmembrane transport – transport

Locations for Sodium Coupled Monocarboxylate Transporter 1:

apical plasma membrane – integral to membrane – plasma membrane – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology