A family of POTASSIUM and SODIUM-dependent acidic amino acid transporters that demonstrate a high affinity for GLUTAMIC ACID and ASPARTIC ACID. Several variants of this system are found in neuronal tissue.
Also Known As:
Glutamate Transporter; Glutamate Aspartate Transporter; Amino Acid Transport System XAG; GLAST Glutamate-Aspartate Transporters; Glutamate Translocase; Glutamate Transport Glycoprotein; Amino Acid Transport System X AG; GLAST Glutamate Aspartate Transporters; Glutamate-Aspartate Transporters, GLAST; Transport Glycoprotein, Glutamate; Transporter, Glutamate-Aspartate; Transporters, GLAST Glutamate-Aspartate; Glutamate-Aspartate Transporter