SLC27A3

Solute carrier family 27 (fatty acid transporter), member 3
Identifiers
Symbols	SLC27A3 ; ACSVL3; FATP3; VLCS-3
External IDs	OMIM: 604193 MGI: 1347358 HomoloGene: 11529 GeneCards: SLC27A3 Gene
EC number	6.2.1.-
Gene ontology Molecular function • nucleotide binding • fatty-acyl-CoA synthase activity • long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity • very long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity Cellular component • membrane • integral component of membrane • mitochondrial membrane Biological process • long-chain fatty acid metabolic process Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	11000	26568
Ensembl	ENSG00000143554	ENSMUSG00000027932
UniProt	Q5K4L6	O88561
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_024330	NM_011988
RefSeq (protein)	NP_077306	NP_036118
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 153.77 – 153.78 Mb	Chr 3: 90.39 – 90.39 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]

Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC27A3 gene.

In melanocytic cells SLC27A3 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.

See also

• SLC27A3 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Solute carrier family

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.