NCIt synonyms : Infantile Sialic Acid Storage Disorder Gene; Acidic Sugar Transporter Gene; ISSD; SIASD; Sodium/Sialic Acid Cotransporter Gene; Vesicular H( )/Aspartate-Glutamate Cotransporter Gene; Solute Carrier Family 17 (Acidic Sugar Transporter), Member 5 Gene; Salla Disease Gene; Solute Carrier Family 17 (Anion/Sugar Transporter), Member 5 Gene; SLD; SD; Sialic Acid Storage Disease Gene; NSD; Solute Carrier Family 17 Member 5 wt Allele; VEAT; AST; SIALIN; Solute Carrier Family 17 (Sodium Phosphate Coransporter), Member 5 Gene;
NCIt definition : Human SLC17A5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 6q13 and is approximately
61 kb in length. This allele, which encodes sialin protein, plays a role in the regulation
of transport for nitrate ions, amino acids, peptides and sialic acid. Mutations in
the gene are associated with infantile sialic acid storage disorder and Salla disease.;