slc2a3 antibody, wu:fb92c06 antibody, zgc:92476 antibody, SLC2A3 antibody, GLUT3 antibody, AA408729 antibody, AL023014 antibody, AL024341 antibody, AU040424 antibody, C78366 antibody, Glut-3 antibody, Glut3 antibody, CEF-GT3 antibody, GLUT-3 antibody, SLC2A14 antibody, solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 3a antibody, solute carrier family 2 member 3 antibody, solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 3 antibody, solute carrier family 2 member 14 antibody, solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 3 antibody, slc2a3a antibody, SLC2A3 antibody, Slc2a3 antibody, SLC2A14 antibody, LOC100125981 antibody
Background
Glucose transporter 3(orGLUT3), also known assolute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 3(SLC2A3) is aproteinthat in humans is encoded by theSLC2A3gene. GLUT3facilitatesthe transport ofglucoseacross theplasma membranesof mammalian cells. GLUT3 is most known for its specific expression inneuronsand has originally been designated as the neuronal GLUT. GLUT3 has been studied in other cell types with specific glucose requirements, includingsperm, preimplantationembryos, circulatingwhite blood cellsandcarcinomacell lines. GLUT3 has both a higher affinity for glucose and at least a fivefold greater transport capacity than GLUT1, GLUT2 and GLUT4, which is particularly significant for its role in neuronal glucose transport, where ambient glucose levels are fivefold lower than in serum.