| Gene Symbol | SLC17A6 |
| Full Name | Solute Carrier Family 17 Member 6 |
| Aliases | VGLUT2 |
| Chromosome | 11q14.1 |
| Protein Type | Transporter |
| Function | is a critical vesicular glutamate transporter responsible for packaging glutamate into synaptic vesicles at excitatory synapses. |
| Primary Expression | specific neuronal populations: |
| Molecular Weight | 64 kDa |
| Amino Acids | 582 aa |
| Exons | 16 |
| Pathways | Epigenetic, Synaptic Plasticity, Synaptic Vesicle, autophagy pathway |
| UniProt ID | [Q9P2U7](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9P2U7) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000164690 |
| GeneCards | SLC17A6 |
| Human Protein Atlas | SLC17A6 |
| Associated Diseases | ALS, Cancer, Tumor |
| Interactions | VGLUT1, TAU, VGLUT2, SNAP25, GRIA2, PVALB |
| KG Connections | 176 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |