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SLC7A1

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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about SLC7A1: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.

23Connections

0Hypotheses

0Analyses

11Outgoing

12Incoming

Summary

Solute Carrier Family 7 Member 1: High-affinity cationic amino acid transporter mediating arginine uptake in neurons and vascular endothelium

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🧬 Gene Info

Gene Symbol	SLC7A1
Chromosome	19p13.2
Protein Type	Transporter
Function	is a high-affinity transmembrane transporter that mediates cellular uptake of cationic amino acids, particularly L-arginine, L-lysine, and L-ornithine[@mann2003].
Amino Acids	629 aa
Exons	14
Pathways	Ferroptosis
UniProt ID	P30825
NCBI Gene ID	6541
Ensembl ID	ENSG00000147614
GeneCards	SLC7A1
Human Protein Atlas	SLC7A1
Official Full Name	Solute Carrier Family 7 Member 1
Alias	CAT1, CAT-1, ATRC1
Transcript Length	~4.2 kb
Associated Diseases	Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease
KG Connections	23 knowledge graph edges
Databases	GeneCards HPA STRING

🔮 Predicted Structure: SLC7A1 — AlphaFold P30825 Click to expand

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Wiki Pages (4)

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Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    SLC7A1["<b>SLC7A1</b>"]
    Ferroptosis["Ferroptosis"]
    SLC7A1 -.->|"inhibits"| Ferroptosis
    SLC7A11(["SLC7A11"])
    SLC7A1 -->|"co_discussed"| SLC7A11
    STING(["STING"])
    SLC7A1 -->|"co_discussed"| STING
    WAS(["WAS"])
    SLC7A1 -->|"co_discussed"| WAS
    STAT6(["STAT6"])
    SLC7A1 -->|"co_discussed"| STAT6
    ACSL4(["ACSL4"])
    ACSL4 -->|"co_discussed"| SLC7A1
    GENES(["GENES"])
    GENES -->|"co_discussed"| SLC7A1
    GPX4(["GPX4"])
    GPX4 -->|"co_discussed"| SLC7A1
    HO_1(["HO-1"])
    HO_1 -->|"co_discussed"| SLC7A1
    style SLC7A1 fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#ce93d8,stroke-width:3px,color:#ce93d8

Outgoing (11)

Target	Relation	Type	Str
Boronophenylalanine	mediates	compound	0.95
HeLa	expressed_in	cell_type	0.90
Ferroptosis	inhibits	process	0.90
Cervical Cancer	biomarker_for	disease	0.85
Ferroptosis	regulates	process	0.85
SLC7A11	co_discussed	gene	0.50
STING	co_discussed	gene	0.50
STAT6	co_discussed	gene	0.50
TRIM2	co_discussed	gene	0.50
TRIM28	co_discussed	protein	0.50
WAS	co_discussed	protein	0.50

Incoming (12)

Source	Relation	Type	Str
ACSL4	co_discussed	gene	0.50
GPX4	co_discussed	gene	0.50
NRF2	co_discussed	gene	0.50
NCOA4	co_discussed	protein	0.50
OGT	co_discussed	gene	0.50
HDAC5	co_discussed	gene	0.50
GENES	co_discussed	gene	0.50
HO-1	co_discussed	protein	0.50
AUTOPHAGY	co_discussed	gene	0.50
RNA	co_discussed	gene	0.50
LYSOSOME	co_discussed	gene	0.50
CANCER	co_discussed	gene	0.50

Targeting Hypotheses (0)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

Hypothesis	Score	Disease	Analysis
No targeting hypotheses

Mentioning Analyses (0)

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No analyses mention this entity

Related Papers (0)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMID	Authors	Journal	Year	Citations
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