{{Short description|Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens}} {{Infobox_gene}} '''Solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 7''' also known as '''glucose transporter 7''' (GLUT7) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SLC2A7'' gene.<ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter)| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=155184}}</ref><ref name="pmid15033637"/>
SLC2A7 belongs to a family of transporters that catalyze the uptake of sugars through facilitated diffusion.<ref name="pmid15033637">{{cite journal | vauthors = Li Q, Manolescu A, Ritzel M, Yao S, Slugoski M, Young JD, Chen XZ, Cheeseman CI | title = Cloning and functional characterization of the human GLUT7 isoform SLC2A7 from the small intestine | journal = Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. | volume = 287 | issue = 1 | pages = G236–42 |date=July 2004 | pmid = 15033637 | doi = 10.1152/ajpgi.00396.2003 | s2cid = 21269350 }}</ref> This family of transporters shows conservation of 12 transmembrane helices as well as functionally significant amino acid residues.<ref name="pmid11780753">{{cite journal | vauthors = Joost HG, Thorens B | title = The extended GLUT-family of sugar/polyol transport facilitators: nomenclature, sequence characteristics, and potential function of its novel members (review) | journal = Mol. Membr. Biol. | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 247–56 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11780753 | doi = 10.1080/09687680110090456| s2cid = 22667943 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
== See also == * Glucose transporter
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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} *{{cite journal |vauthors=Manolescu A, Salas-Burgos AM, Fischbarg J, Cheeseman CI |title=Identification of a hydrophobic residue as a key determinant of fructose transport by the facilitative hexose transporter SLC2A7 (GLUT7). |journal=J. Biol. Chem. |volume=280 |issue= 52 |pages= 42978–83 |year= 2005 |pmid= 16186102 |doi= 10.1074/jbc.M508678200 |doi-access= free }} {{refend}}
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