Solute carriers overview

Solute carriers are the second largest group of membrane proteins. Current estimates are that there are almost 400 members which can be divided into 52 families.

They can participate in two main forms of transportation:

  • Facilitative or passive, where solutes flow with their electrochemical gradient
  • Secondary active transporters, which allow solutes to move against their electrochemical gradient through coupling to a second solute flowing with its gradient.

Solute Carrier Diagram

Due to the diverse nature of the solutes carried by this large family of proteins they are implicated in a wide variety of processes from neurosignalling, nucleoside synthesis and salvage to transportation drugs.

Explore our popular knockout cell lines for Solute Carriers
MTCh2 SLC25A46 SLC4A8 SLC37A4
SLC11A2 SLC30A1 SLC5A4 SLC38A10
SLC12A4 SLC30A3 SLC1A4 SLC38A2
SLC12A5 SLC30A5 SLC1A5 SLC38A5
SLC12A6 SLC30A7 SLC20A2 SLC38A9
SLC12A7 SLC31A1 SLC22A18 SLC39A1
SLC12A9 SLC34A2 SLC22A5 SLC39A14
SLC16A10 SLC35A1 SLC25A1 SLC39A3
SLC16A13 SLC35A3 SLC25A10 SLC39A6
SLC16A3 SLC35A5 SLC25A11 SLC5A6
SLC17A5 SLC35C1 SLC25A13 SLC7A1
SLC17A9 SLC35E2B SLC25A15 SLC7A3
SLC19A1 SLC35F2 SLC25A5 SLC7A6
SLC25A18 SLC39A8 SLC25A6 SLC9A3R2
SLC25A20 SLC39A9 SLC26A2 SLC9A7
SLC25A22 SLC41A3 SLC27A1 SLC9C1
SLC25A25 SLC43A1 SLC27A2 UCP1
SLC25A29 SLC43A2 SLC27A3
SLC25A32 SLC43A3 SLC27A4
SLC25A37 SLC44A1 SLC29A1
SLC25A38 SLC46A3 SLC29A4
SLC25A4 SLC4A10 SLC2A8
SLC25A40 SLC4A2 SLC36A4