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SLC2A4 solute carrier family 2 member 4 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 6517, updated on 1-Oct-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
SLC2A4provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
solute carrier family 2 member 4provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:11009
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000181856 MIM:138190; AllianceGenome:HGNC:11009
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
GLUT4
Summary
This gene is a member of the solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter) family and encodes a protein that functions as an insulin-regulated facilitative glucose transporter. In the absence of insulin, this integral membrane protein is sequestered within the cells of muscle and adipose tissue. Within minutes of insulin stimulation, the protein moves to the cell surface and begins to transport glucose across the cell membrane. Mutations in this gene have been associated with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression
Biased expression in heart (RPKM 32.2), fat (RPKM 24.5) and 6 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

See SLC2A4 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
17p13.1
Exon count:
11
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 17 NC_000017.11 (7281718..7288257)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 17 NC_060941.1 (7182662..7189200)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 17 NC_000017.10 (7185037..7191576)

Chromosome 17 - NC_000017.11Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene CTD nuclear envelope phosphatase 1 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:7154656-7155243 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:7155244-7155832 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8097 Neighboring gene elongator acetyltransferase complex subunit 5 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 11607 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8098 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:7164637-7165600 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 7888 Neighboring gene claudin 7 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8100 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr17:7185283-7186270 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr17:7197310-7197485 Neighboring gene Y-box binding protein 2 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8101 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8102 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124903912 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 8103 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 11608

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Phenotypes

EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels.
EBI GWAS Catalog
New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism.
EBI GWAS Catalog

HIV-1 interactions

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Nef nef HIV-1 Nef inhibits GLUT4 fusion with plasma membrane in insulin-stimulated adipocytes, which leads to inhibition of glucose uptake PubMed

Go to the HIV-1, Human Interaction Database

Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
enables D-glucose uniporter activity ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in D-glucose import IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in D-glucose import NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in D-glucose transmembrane transport ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in D-glucose transmembrane transport TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in amylopectin biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in brown fat cell differentiation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in carbohydrate metabolic process TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in cellular response to hypoxia IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in cellular response to insulin stimulus IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in cellular response to insulin stimulus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in cellular response to osmotic stress IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in cellular response to tumor necrosis factor IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in dehydroascorbic acid transport IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within glucose homeostasis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in glucose homeostasis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in glucose import in response to insulin stimulus ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within learning or memory ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within_positive_effect long-term memory ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor receptor signaling pathway ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in regulation of synaptic vesicle budding from presynaptic endocytic zone membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in response to ethanol IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within_negative_effect short-term memory ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
involved_in transport across blood-brain barrier NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in white fat cell proliferation ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in T-tubule IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in clathrin-coated pit IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in clathrin-coated vesicle IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytoplasmic vesicle membrane ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in cytosol IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
is_active_in endomembrane system IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in endomembrane system ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in external side of plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in extracellular exosome IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in insulin-responsive compartment IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in insulin-responsive compartment ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
located_in membrane raft IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in multivesicular body IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
is_active_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in perinuclear region of cytoplasm IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
is_active_in plasma membrane IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
is_active_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in plasma membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
located_in presynapse IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in sarcolemma ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in sarcoplasmic reticulum IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in trans-Golgi network IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in trans-Golgi network transport vesicle IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in vesicle membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 

General protein information

Preferred Names
solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 4
Names
GLUT-4
glucose transporter type 4, insulin-responsive
insulin-responsive glucose transporter type 4
solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose transporter), member 4

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_012127.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    4984..11523
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001042.3NP_001033.1  solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter member 4

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001033.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AC003688, AL521328, BC034387, BQ775137, CF594356, M20747
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS11097.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    P14672, Q05BQ3, Q14CX2
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B2R8H4
    Related
    ENSP00000320935.8, ENST00000317370.13
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam00083
    Location:27483
    Sugar_tr; Sugar (and other) transporter

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000017.11 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    7281718..7288257
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

Reference GRCh38.p14 PATCHES

Genomic

  1. NW_021160020.1 Reference GRCh38.p14 PATCHES

    Range
    37046..43585
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060941.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    7182662..7189200
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)