SLC46A1 (Vector pUC, Accession No. BC010691)

Length: 1296 Sequence: atggagggga gcgcgagccc cccggaaaag ccccgcgccc gccctgcggc tgccgtgctg tgccggggcc cggtagagcc gctggtcttc ctggccaact ttgccttggt cctgcagggc ccgctcacca cgcagtatct gtggcaccgc ttcagcgccg acctcggcta caatggcacc cgccaaaggg ggggctgcag caaccgcagc gcggacccca ccatgcagga agtggagacc cttacctccc actggaccct ctacatgaac gtgggcggct tcctggtggg gctcttctcg tccaccctgc tgggagcttg gagcgacagt gtgggccgcc gcccgctgct agtgctggcc tcgctgggcc tgctgctcca ggccctagtg tccgtttttg tggtgcagct gcagctccac gtcggctact tcgtgctggg tcgcatcctt tgtgccctcc tcggcgactt cggtggcctt ctggctgcta gctttgcgtc cgtggcagat gtcagctcca gtcgcagccg caccttccgg atggccctgc tggaagccag catcggggtg gctgggatgc tggcaagcct cctcgggggc cactggctcc gggcccaggg ttatgccaac cccttctggc tggccttggc cttgctgata gccatgactc tctatgcagc tttctgcttt ggtgagacct taaaggagcc aaagtccacc cggctcttca cgttccgtca ccaccgatcc attgtccagc tctatgtggc tcccgcccca gagaagtcca ggaaacattt agccctctac tcactggcca tcttcgtggt gatcactgtg cactttgggg cccaggacat cttaaccctt tatgaactaa gcacacccct ctgctgggac tccaaactaa tcggctatgg ttctgcagct cagcatctcc cctacctcac cagcctgctg gccctgaagc tcctgcagta ctgcctggcc gatgcctggg tagctgagat cggcctggcc ttcaacatcc tggggatggt ggtctttgcc tttgccacta tcacgcctct catgttcaca ggtgctctct tttctgctgt ggcctgtgtg aatagcctgg ccatgctgac ggcctccggc atcttcaact cactctaccc agccactctg aactttatga aggggttccc cttcctcctg ggagctggcc tcctgctcat cccggctgtt ctgattggga tgctggaaaa ggctgatcct cacctcgagt tccagcagtt tccccagagc Protein function: Has been shown to act both as an intestinal proton-coupled high-affinity folate transporter and as an intestinal heme transporter which mediates heme uptake from the gut lumen into duodenal epithelial cells. The iron is then released from heme and may be transported into the bloodstream. Dietary heme iron is an important nutritional source of iron. Shows a higher affinity for folate than heme. [The UniProt Consortium]