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Table 1 The Solute Carrier 15 (proton oligopeptide cotransporter) family members in human (Homo sapiens) and zebrafish (Danio rerio)

From: The peptide transporter 1a of the zebrafish Danio rerio, an emerging model in nutrigenomics and nutrition research: molecular characterization, functional properties, and expression analysis

Human

Zebrafish

From http://www.bioparadigms.org

From http://www.guidetopharmacology.org

From http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/unigene/

From http://zfin.org

SLC name

Protein name

Aliases

Transport type

Substrates

Tissue and cellular expression

Substrates

slc name

EST profile

Tissue and cellular expression

Stage range

References

SLC15A1

PEPT1

Oligopeptide transporter 1, H+-peptide transporter 1

C/H+

Di- and tripeptides, protons, β-lactam antibiotics

Small intestine, kidney, pancreas, bile duct, liver

Endogenous substrates: 5-aminolevulinic acid, dipeptides, protons, tripeptides.

Other substrates: fMet-Leu-Phe, muramyl dipeptide, D-Ala-Lys-AMCA, β-Ala-Lys-AMCA, His-Leu-lopinavir, alafosfalin.

slc15a1a (Chr 9)

–

Details in this study

Details in this study

This study

slc15a1b (Chr 6)

Developmental stage|larval > adult

Adult|intestine

Digestive system, gut, intestinal bulb, intestinal bulb enterocyte, intestinal epithelium, liver, muscle, squamous epithelial cell, whole organism

Prim-5 to adult

[14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]

SLC15A2

PEPT2

Oligopeptide transporter 2, H+-peptide transporter 2

C/H+

Di- and tripeptides, protons, β-lactam antibiotics

Apical surface of epithelial cells from kidney and choroid plexus; neurons, astrocytes (neonates), lung, mammary gland, spleen, enteric nervous system

Endogenous substrates: 5-aminolevulinic acid, dipeptides, protons, tripeptides.

Other substrates: muramyl dipeptide, D-Ala-Lys-AMCA, β-Ala-Lys-AMCA, alafosfalin, γ-iE-DAP.

slc15a2 (Chr 9)

Developmental stage|adult

Adult|intestine >> kidney > reproductive system

Brain, eye, gill, gut, kidney, musculature system, otic vesicle, semicircular canal, ventricular system, whole organism

26+ somites to day 6; days 30–44; adult

[21, 23]

SLC15A3

PHT2

Peptide/histidine transporter 2, PTR3

C/H+

Di- and tripeptides, protons, β-lactam antibiotics

Lung, spleen, thymus, intestine (faintly in brain, liver, adrenal gland, heart)

Endogenous substrates: L-histidine, dipeptides, protons, tripeptides.

Other substrates: muramyl dipeptide, MDP-rhodamine, Tri-DAP

n.p.

n.p.

n.p.

n.p.

n.p.

SLC15A4

PHT1

Peptide/histidine transporter 1, PTR4

C/H+

Di- and tripeptides, protons, β-lactam antibiotics

Brain, eye, intestine (faintly in lung and spleen)

Endogenous substrates: L-histidine, carnosine

Other substrates: valacyclovir, muramyl dipeptide, His-Leu-lopinavir, glycyl-sarcosine, MDP-rhodamine, Tri-DAP, C12-iE-DAP

slc15a4 (Chr 8)

Developmental stage|adult

Adult|brain ≈ reproductive system ≥ fin

Epidermis, eye, immature eye, midbrain, periderm, ventricular zone, yolk syncytial layer

50%-epiboly to Long-pec

[24]

  1. Abbreviations for transport type: C cotransporter, n.p. not present in the zebrafish genome