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vglut1

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<tr><th colspan="2">SLC17A7 (VGLUT1)</th></tr>
<tr><td>Symbol</td><td>SLC17A7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Protein Name</td><td>Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 1</td></tr>[@takamori2008]
<tr><td>Chromosome</td><td>19q13.33</td></tr>[@fremeau2008]
<tr><td>NCBI Gene ID</td><td>[57030](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/57030)</td></tr>
<tr><td>OMIM</td><td>[609025](https://omim.org/entry/609025)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ensembl</td><td>[ENSG00000177656](https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/ENSG00000177656)</td></tr>
<tr><td>UniProt</td><td>[Q9H0Y9](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9H0Y9)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Aliases</td><td>VGLUT1, BNPI</td></tr>
<tr><td>Protein Class</td><td>Vesicular glutamate transporter (SLC17 family)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Tissue Expression</td><td>Brain (cortex, hippocampus)</td></tr>
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<td class="label">Associated Diseases</td>
<td><a href="/wiki/ms" style="color:#ef9a9a">Ms</a></td>
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<td><a href="/atlas" style="color:#4fc3f7">9 edges</a></td>
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Overview

SLC17A7 encodes Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 1 (VGLUT1), a critical protein responsible for packaging the neurotransmitter glutamate into synaptic vesicles in excitatory neurons. VGLUT1 is the primary VGLUT in the forebrain, with highest expression in the [cortex](/brain-regions/cortex) and [hippocampus](/brain-regions/hippocampus)—the brain regions most affected in Alzheimer's disease (AD)[@fremeau2008].

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