SLC1A4

UniProt ID: P43007
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

SLC1A4 (ASCT1/SATT) is a plasma-membrane, sodium-coupled obligate antiporter (exchanger) of small neutral amino acids, a member of the SLC1/dicarboxylate-amino-acid:cation symporter (DAACS) family that also contains the glutamate transporters (EAATs) and ASCT2. It mediates electroneutral homo- and hetero-exchange of L- and D-serine, L-alanine, L-threonine, L-cysteine and L-asparagine (and, more weakly, proline/4-hydroxyproline), coupled to inward co-transport of Na+, with negligible net amino acid flux; unlike the related EAATs it does not transport the acidic amino acids L-glutamate or L-aspartate, nor glutamine, and it does not couple to protons or counter-transport K+. Like other SLC1 members it also displays a substrate-gated, thermodynamically uncoupled anion conductance (permeability SCN- > NO3- > I- > Cl-). It is a homotrimeric multi-pass membrane protein that moves substrate by a one-gate elevator mechanism (transport domain formed by transmembrane helices 3, 6, 7 and 8 and the HP1/HP2 hairpins). It is broadly expressed, with highest levels in brain, muscle and pancreas. In the brain it is enriched in astrocytes, where it is central to L-serine/D-serine homeostasis: by exchanging L-serine and D-serine it supports the astrocyte-to-neuron serine shuttle that supplies neurons with L-serine for de novo D-serine synthesis and helps regulate extracellular D-serine, the co-agonist of synaptic NMDA receptors. Biallelic loss-of-function variants cause spastic tetraplegia, thin corpus callosum and progressive microcephaly (SPATCCM).

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0005254 chloride channel activity
IDA
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ASCT1 displays a substrate-gated, thermodynamically uncoupled anion conductance, a property shared across the SLC1 family. This is a genuine but secondary activity, distinct from the coupled amino acid exchange that is the transporter's core function.
Reason: Direct electrophysiology shows an uncoupled anion channel activated by substrate/Na+, with anion preference SCN- > NO3- > I- > Cl- (chloride is actually the least permeant of the tested anions). The activity is real but peripheral to the Na+-coupled neutral amino acid exchange that defines the protein, so it is retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8910405
thermodynamically uncoupled chloride conductance
file:human/SLC1A4/SLC1A4-uniprot.txt
GO:0005313 L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
REMOVE
Summary: ASCT1 is not a glutamate transporter. This IBA is propagated from the broad SLC1 node (PANTHER:PTN000238242) whose experimentally characterized donors are glutamate transporters (EAATs: P43003/SLC1A3/EAAT1, P43004/SLC1A2/EAAT2, P43005/SLC1A1/EAAT3, P48664/EAAT5). ASCT1 sits in the distinct neutral-amino-acid subfamily that does not carry glutamate.
Reason: Direct human experiment shows no glutamate transport by ASCT1, and the IBA node is at a SLC1 ancestor that includes the EAATs; the glutamate function was not inherited into the neutral-amino-acid (ASCT) branch (PANTHER:PTN002632762), where ASCT1 lies. Over-propagation from the wrong subfamily, not a lineage-specific loss worth recording.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: WRONG ORTHOLOG OR PARALOG FUNCTIONAL DIVERGENCE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000238242 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
Ancestral SLC1 node combining EAAT (glutamate) and ASCT (neutral AA) members; glutamate transporter activity is genuine for the EAAT donors but does not apply to ASCT1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0005313 L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity
TAS
PMID:21757002
The nuclear receptor FXR regulates hepatic transport and met...
REMOVE
Summary: This TAS rests on an FXR / hepatic glutamine-glutamate metabolism study that does not demonstrate glutamate transport by ASCT1. Glutamate is not an ASCT1 substrate.
Reason: PMID:21757002 concerns FXR-regulated hepatic glutamine/glutamate metabolism and does not establish that ASCT1 transports glutamate; direct human transport assays show ASCT1 does not carry glutamate or related dicarboxylates. Kept consistent with the other GO:0005313 row (also REMOVE).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein-binding annotation from a PDZ-domain quantitative fragmentomics interactome; the partner (GRID2IP) binds the ASCT1 C-terminal class-I PDZ ligand. Uninformative as a molecular function.
Reason: GO:0005515 conveys no specific molecular function. The interaction is via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ-binding motif and, while real, does not establish an informative activity for ASCT1; removed per the protein-binding policy (removal does not imply the interaction is false).
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (MPDZ), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the MPDZ interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (DLG4/PSD-95), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the DLG4 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (APBA1), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the APBA1 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (TJP1/ZO-1), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the TJP1 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (DLG1), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the DLG1 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (IL16), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the IL16 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (SCRIB), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the SCRIB interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (PDZK1), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the PDZK1 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (FRMPD2), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the FRMPD2 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (MAGI2), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the MAGI2 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (NHERF4/PDZD3), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the NHERF4 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (LNX2), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the LNX2 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (PATJ/INADL), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the PATJ interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (LNX1), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the LNX1 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (DLG3), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the DLG3 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (MAGI1), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the MAGI1 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (APBA2), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the APBA2 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (GRIP2), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the GRIP2 interaction is false.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:36115835
Quantitative fragmentomics allow affinity mapping of interac...
REMOVE
Summary: Bare protein binding (GRIP1), a PDZ-motif interactor; uninformative MF.
Reason: Uninformative generic binding via the ASCT1 C-terminal PDZ ligand; removed per the protein-binding policy without implying the GRIP1 interaction is false.
GO:0005813 centrosome
IDA
GO_REF:0000052
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Single-antibody HPA immunofluorescence localization to the centrosome. Biologically implausible for a polytopic plasma-membrane transporter and not corroborated by any other method.
Reason: ASCT1 is a multi-pass plasma-membrane protein; centrosomal localization from a single immunofluorescence screen is most likely antibody cross-reactivity or a staining artifact and conflicts with the established cell-surface topology.
GO:0005882 intermediate filament
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Intermediate-filament localization electronically transferred from the mouse ortholog (O35874). Implausible for an integral plasma-membrane transporter.
Reason: A polytopic plasma-membrane transporter is not an intermediate-filament component; this is a propagated annotation that most likely reflects co-fractionation or a questionable source annotation on the mouse ortholog.
GO:0005882 intermediate filament
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: ISS transfer of the same implausible intermediate-filament localization from mouse O35874.
Reason: Same rationale as the IEA row: intermediate-filament localization is inconsistent with an integral membrane transporter and is not supported by direct evidence on the human protein.
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Plasma membrane is the correct and core site of ASCT1 action; the phylogenetic node for SLC1 membrane localization is sound, and ASCT1 itself appears among the WITH/FROM sources, consistent with direct experimental grounding on the target.
Reason: ASCT1 is an integral plasma-membrane transporter active at the cell surface; the IBA is at the right level and is corroborated by direct human evidence (disease-variant functional assays confirm plasma-membrane expression).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
the mutations did not affect the protein level at the plasma membrane but abolished or markedly
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IC
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
ACCEPT
Summary: Curator inference of plasma-membrane localization from demonstrated serine transport activity. Correct.
Reason: Plasma-membrane localization logically follows from the demonstrated cell-surface amino acid exchange activity and is the core site of function.
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: UniProt SubCell keyword mapping to plasma membrane. Correct and core.
Reason: Consistent with the curated UniProt subcellular location (Cell membrane) and all direct evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SLC1A4/SLC1A4-uniprot.txt
Cell membrane
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IMP
PMID:26041762
Mutations in SLC1A4, encoding the brain serine transporter, ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Disease-variant functional study confirms ASCT1 is active at the plasma membrane (mutants traffic normally but lose transport).
Reason: Direct evidence that the protein localizes to and functions at the plasma membrane.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
the mutations did not affect the protein level at the plasma membrane but abolished or markedly
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352347
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome plasma-membrane localization for SLC1A4-mediated amino acid exchange. Correct.
Reason: Core site of function; consistent with all other evidence.
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352354
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome plasma-membrane localization for SLC1A4-mediated amino acid exchange. Correct.
Reason: Core site of function; consistent with all other evidence.
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352364
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome plasma-membrane localization for SLC1A4-mediated amino acid exchange. Correct.
Reason: Core site of function; consistent with all other evidence.
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352371
ACCEPT
Summary: Reactome plasma-membrane localization for SLC1A4-mediated amino acid exchange. Correct.
Reason: Core site of function; consistent with all other evidence.
GO:0006865 amino acid transport
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352230
TOO GENERAL
Summary: True but general parent process; specific neutral amino acid transport processes (serine, alanine, threonine) are asserted and accepted elsewhere in this review.
Reason: The accepted specific processes (e.g. L-serine transport GO:0015825, L-alanine transport GO:0015808) entail this broad amino acid transport term, which adds no information.
GO:0009986 cell surface
HDA
PMID:19581412
Quantitative proteomics identifies a Dab2/integrin module re...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: High-throughput cell-surface proteomics; consistent with plasma-membrane localization.
Reason: Cell-surface detection corroborates plasma-membrane residence but is less specific than the plasma-membrane annotations; retained as non-core.
GO:0015171 amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352347
TOO GENERAL
Summary: True but general transporter activity; the specific neutral amino acid transporter activities (serine, alanine, threonine, etc.) accepted here entail it.
Reason: A broad parent of the specific accepted activities such as GO:0015194 L-serine and GO:0015180 L-alanine transmembrane transporter activity; uninformative at this level.
GO:0015171 amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352354
TOO GENERAL
Summary: True but general transporter activity, entailed by the specific accepted neutral amino acid activities.
Reason: Broad parent of the specific accepted neutral amino acid transporter activities; uninformative.
GO:0015171 amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352364
TOO GENERAL
Summary: True but general transporter activity, entailed by the specific accepted neutral amino acid activities.
Reason: Broad parent of the specific accepted neutral amino acid transporter activities; uninformative.
GO:0015171 amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-352371
TOO GENERAL
Summary: True but general transporter activity, entailed by the specific accepted neutral amino acid activities.
Reason: Broad parent of the specific accepted neutral amino acid transporter activities; uninformative.
GO:0015175 neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Family/ortholog-level activity that accurately captures ASCT1 as a neutral amino acid transporter; well supported by direct substrate data.
Reason: ASCT1 transports small neutral amino acids (serine, alanine, threonine, cysteine, asparagine); this term is correct and informative at the overall substrate-class level.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015180 L-alanine transmembrane transporter activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Alanine transport is a core, experimentally established ASCT1 activity; the IBA is placed at the neutral-amino-acid subfamily node (PTN002632762) and ASCT1's own experimental annotation legitimately appears among the sources.
Reason: Alanine is a canonical ASCT1 substrate (original clones and later studies); the IBA node placement in the ASCT subfamily is sound.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015180 L-alanine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8101838
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transpo...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct demonstration of Na+-dependent alanine transport in oocytes. Core activity.
Reason: Alanine evoked Na+-dependent currents in ASCT1-expressing oocytes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015180 L-alanine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct HeLa uptake of L-alanine by SATT/ASCT1. Core activity.
Reason: Stereospecific Na+-dependent L-alanine uptake upon ASCT1 expression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
Expression of SATT cDNA in HeLa cells induced stereospecific uptake of L-serine,
GO:0015180 L-alanine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
ACCEPT
Summary: Alanine participates in ASCT1-mediated Na+-dependent neutral amino acid exchange. Core activity.
Reason: ASCT1 mediates homo-/hetero-exchange of neutral amino acids including alanine.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 mediates only homo- and heteroexchange of amino acids and is insensitive
GO:0015180 L-alanine transmembrane transporter activity
IMP
PMID:26041762
Mutations in SLC1A4, encoding the brain serine transporter, ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Disease-variant functional assays measure ASCT1-dependent L-alanine transport. Core activity.
Reason: Pathogenic variants reduce/abolish L-alanine (and L-serine) transport, confirming the activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
reduced L-serine transport for p.R457W and p.E256K mutations, respectively.
GO:0015183 L-aspartate transmembrane transporter activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Aspartate (an acidic/dicarboxylate amino acid) is not an ASCT1 substrate; direct human data show no transport of glutamate or related dicarboxylates.
Reason: ASCT1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger; dicarboxylate (aspartate) transport is a property of the EAAT branch, not of ASCT1. The node-level aspartate assignment overstates the substrate scope for this subfamily.
Propagation Review
Root cause: SOURCE WEAK OR INFERRED
Failure modes: FUNCTIONAL DIVERGENCE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN002632762 SOURCE WEAK OR INFERRED
ASCT neutral-amino-acid subfamily node; the aspartate (dicarboxylate) assignment at this node is weakly grounded and contradicted by direct human data showing no dicarboxylate transport.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0015183 L-aspartate transmembrane transporter activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Aspartate transporter activity transferred from mouse ortholog; not supported for ASCT1.
Reason: Dicarboxylate transport is not an ASCT1 function; contradicted by direct human data showing no dicarboxylate transport.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0015183 L-aspartate transmembrane transporter activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: ISS transfer of aspartate activity from mouse O35874; not an ASCT1 substrate.
Reason: Same rationale; aspartate (dicarboxylate) is not transported by ASCT1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0015184 L-cystine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8101838
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transpo...
MODIFY
Summary: The assayed substrate was L-cysteine (the monomer), not L-cystine (the oxidized disulfide dimer, which is a system xc-/SLC7A11 substrate). The term should name L-cysteine.
Reason: ASCT1 transports L-cysteine (UniProt curates L-cysteine exchange, Rhea:RHEA:84347; original clone showed cysteine-evoked currents). L-cystine (dimer) is not an ASCT1 substrate, so the activity should be re-pointed to the cysteine term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015184 L-cystine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA NOT
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Negated annotation to the L-cystine (disulfide dimer) term. The curated NOT derives from PMID:8340364, which assayed the monomer L-cysteine (not the dimer L-cystine) and reported no uptake in HeLa; UniProt mapped this to the L-cystine term. L-cystine itself is genuinely not an ASCT1 substrate (it is carried by system xc-/SLC7A11), so the negation is literally correct for the term as written.
Reason: L-cystine (the oxidized dimer) is not an ASCT1 substrate, so a NOT annotation to the L-cystine term stands as a true statement. The positive cystine rows are re-pointed (MODIFY) to the L-cysteine term because the underlying experiments and UniProt's curated catalytic activity concern L-cysteine (monomer). The source record's NOT, however, rests on a cysteine-negative result mapped to a cystine term: this cystine-vs-cysteine term mis-mapping is recorded in source_defects, and the genuine literature conflict over whether L-cysteine is transported is captured in the finding_review on PMID:8340364.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0015184 L-cystine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
MODIFY
Summary: Exchange assays and UniProt catalytic activity establish L-cysteine (monomer) as an ASCT1 substrate; the term should name L-cysteine, not L-cystine.
Reason: UniProt curates a L-cysteine exchange reaction (Rhea:RHEA:84347) from this study; L-cystine (dimer) is not an ASCT1 substrate. Re-point to the cysteine term.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SLC1A4/SLC1A4-uniprot.txt
L-cysteine(out) + L-alanine(in) + Na(+)(out)
GO:0015193 L-proline transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:14502423
Transport of proline and hydroxyproline by the neutral amino...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ASCT1 transports L-proline (Na+-dependent, saturable), but at lower affinity than the canonical neutral amino acid substrates; a genuine but peripheral activity.
Reason: Direct oocyte uptake demonstrates proline transport (K0.5 ~704 uM, about 3x higher than alanine), a lower-affinity secondary substrate rather than a core physiological function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14502423
demonstrates for the first time the ability of ASCT1
GO:0015194 L-serine transmembrane transporter activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Serine transport is the central, defining ASCT1 activity; the IBA sits at the ASCT subfamily node (PTN002632762) with ASCT1's own experimental annotation among the sources.
Reason: Serine (L- and D-) exchange is the best-characterized ASCT1 function and underlies its brain serine-shuttle role; node placement is correct.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015194 L-serine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8101838
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transpo...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct Na+-dependent L-serine transport in oocytes. Core activity.
Reason: Serine evoked Na+-dependent currents in ASCT1-expressing oocytes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015194 L-serine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct HeLa uptake of L-serine by SATT/ASCT1. Core activity.
Reason: Stereospecific Na+-dependent L-serine uptake upon ASCT1 expression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
Expression of SATT cDNA in HeLa cells induced stereospecific uptake of L-serine,
GO:0015194 L-serine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
ACCEPT
Summary: Serine is a core substrate of ASCT1-mediated neutral amino acid exchange. Core activity.
Reason: ASCT1 mediates Na+-dependent homo-/hetero-exchange of neutral amino acids including serine.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 mediates only homo- and heteroexchange of amino acids and is insensitive
GO:0015194 L-serine transmembrane transporter activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: Electronic/ortholog support for the core L-serine transporter activity. Correct.
Reason: Consistent with abundant direct human evidence for serine transport.
GO:0015194 L-serine transmembrane transporter activity
IMP
PMID:26041762
Mutations in SLC1A4, encoding the brain serine transporter, ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Disease-variant functional assays directly measure ASCT1-dependent L-serine transport. Core activity.
Reason: Pathogenic variants abolish or markedly reduce L-serine transport, confirming the activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
reduced L-serine transport for p.R457W and p.E256K mutations, respectively.
GO:0015195 L-threonine transmembrane transporter activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Threonine is an established ASCT1 substrate; IBA at the ASCT subfamily node with target self-support.
Reason: Threonine uptake demonstrated directly; node placement in the ASCT subfamily is sound.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
Expression of SATT cDNA in HeLa cells induced stereospecific uptake of L-serine,
GO:0015195 L-threonine transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct HeLa uptake of L-threonine by SATT/ASCT1.
Reason: Stereospecific Na+-dependent L-threonine uptake upon ASCT1 expression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
Expression of SATT cDNA in HeLa cells induced stereospecific uptake of L-serine,
GO:0015293 symporter activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
MODIFY
Summary: Wrong transport mode. The InterPro DAACS family name contains "symporter" (true of the EAATs), but ASCT1 is an obligate antiporter/exchanger that mediates negligible net flux.
Reason: ASCT1 is a Na+-coupled neutral amino acid exchanger (UniProt keyword Antiport; electroneutral exchange with negligible net flux), not a symporter that produces net cotransport. This is a lateral transport-mode correction: the family-level InterPro mapping assigns the wrong mechanism to this member, so the term is re-pointed to antiporter activity rather than removed.
Proposed replacements: antiporter activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8910405
an electroneutral exchanger that mediates negligible net amino acid flux
PMID:34630942
perform the obligatory exchange of the amino acid pools
GO:0015808 L-alanine transport
IDA
PMID:8101838
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transpo...
ACCEPT
Summary: Alanine transport process directly demonstrated. Core.
Reason: Na+-dependent alanine transport shown in ASCT1-expressing oocytes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015808 L-alanine transport
IDA
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Alanine transport process directly demonstrated (HeLa uptake). Core.
Reason: Stereospecific Na+-dependent L-alanine uptake upon ASCT1 expression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
Expression of SATT cDNA in HeLa cells induced stereospecific uptake of L-serine,
GO:0015808 L-alanine transport
IDA
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
ACCEPT
Summary: Alanine participates in ASCT1-mediated neutral amino acid exchange. Core.
Reason: ASCT1 mediates homo-/hetero-exchange of neutral amino acids including alanine.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 mediates only homo- and heteroexchange of amino acids and is insensitive
GO:0015811 L-cystine transport
IDA
PMID:8101838
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transpo...
MODIFY
Summary: The transported species is L-cysteine (monomer), not L-cystine (dimer); the process term should name L-cysteine transport.
Reason: ASCT1 transports L-cysteine; L-cystine (the disulfide dimer) is a system xc- substrate, not an ASCT1 substrate. Re-point to the cysteine transport process.
Proposed replacements: L-cysteine transport
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015811 L-cystine transport
IDA NOT
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Negated annotation to the L-cystine (disulfide dimer) transport term. The curated NOT derives from PMID:8340364, which assayed the monomer L-cysteine, not L-cystine, and was mapped to the cystine term. L-cystine itself is not an ASCT1 substrate (it is carried by system xc-/SLC7A11), so the negation is literally correct for the term as written.
Reason: The NOT annotation to L-cystine transport stands as a true statement for the dimer. The positive rows are re-pointed (MODIFY) to L-cysteine transport because the experiments and UniProt's curated catalytic activity concern L-cysteine (monomer). The source record's NOT rests on a cysteine-negative result mapped to a cystine term: the term mis-mapping is recorded in source_defects, and the conflict over whether L-cysteine is transported is captured in the finding_review on PMID:8340364.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0015811 L-cystine transport
IDA
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
MODIFY
Summary: L-cysteine (monomer) is exchanged by ASCT1; term should name L-cysteine transport.
Reason: UniProt curates a L-cysteine exchange reaction from this study (Rhea:RHEA:84347); cystine (dimer) is not an ASCT1 substrate. Re-point to the cysteine transport process.
Proposed replacements: L-cysteine transport
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/SLC1A4/SLC1A4-uniprot.txt
L-cysteine(out) + L-alanine(in) + Na(+)(out)
GO:0015813 L-glutamate transmembrane transport
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
REMOVE
Summary: Glutamate transport is a function of the EAAT branch of SLC1, not of ASCT1. This IBA is propagated from an ancestral node (PTN002278999) seeded by EAAT donors.
Reason: ASCT1 does not transport glutamate (direct human data). The node combines EAAT and ASCT functions; glutamate transport was not inherited into the neutral-amino-acid branch where ASCT1 lies. Over-propagation from the wrong subfamily. Kept consistent with the GO:0005313 glutamate transporter activity rows (also REMOVE).
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: WRONG ORTHOLOG OR PARALOG FUNCTIONAL DIVERGENCE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN002278999 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
Ancestral SLC1 node whose glutamate-transport function belongs to the EAAT descendants, not ASCT1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0015824 proline transport
IDA
PMID:14502423
Transport of proline and hydroxyproline by the neutral amino...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ASCT1 transports proline (lower affinity); genuine but peripheral process.
Reason: Direct oocyte uptake demonstrates Na+-dependent proline transport, a lower-affinity secondary substrate.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14502423
demonstrates for the first time the ability of ASCT1
GO:0015825 L-serine transport
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Serine transport is the core ASCT1 process; IBA at the ASCT subfamily node with target self-support.
Reason: Best-characterized ASCT1 process, underlying the brain serine shuttle; node placement correct.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
The data underscore that ASCT1 is essential in
GO:0015825 L-serine transport
IDA
PMID:8101838
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transpo...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct Na+-dependent L-serine transport. Core.
Reason: Serine transport demonstrated directly in ASCT1-expressing oocytes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101838
Superfusion of alanine, serine, and cysteine evoked sodium-dependent inward
GO:0015825 L-serine transport
IDA
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct HeLa uptake of L-serine. Core.
Reason: Stereospecific Na+-dependent L-serine uptake upon ASCT1 expression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
Expression of SATT cDNA in HeLa cells induced stereospecific uptake of L-serine,
GO:0015825 L-serine transport
IDA
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 is a neutral amino acid exchanger with chloride chann...
ACCEPT
Summary: Serine is a core substrate of ASCT1-mediated exchange. Core.
Reason: ASCT1 mediates Na+-dependent neutral amino acid exchange including serine.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8910405
ASCT-1 mediates only homo- and heteroexchange of amino acids and is insensitive
GO:0015825 L-serine transport
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
ACCEPT
Summary: Ortholog-based electronic support for the core L-serine transport process. Correct.
Reason: Consistent with abundant direct human evidence for serine transport.
GO:0015826 threonine transport
IDA
PMID:8340364
Cloning and expression of a novel Na(+)-dependent neutral am...
ACCEPT
Summary: Direct HeLa uptake of L-threonine. Genuine ASCT1 process.
Reason: Stereospecific Na+-dependent L-threonine uptake upon ASCT1 expression.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
Expression of SATT cDNA in HeLa cells induced stereospecific uptake of L-serine,
GO:0016020 membrane
HDA
PMID:19946888
Defining the membrane proteome of NK cells.
MODIFY
Summary: Generic membrane localization from membrane proteomics; the specific compartment is the plasma membrane.
Reason: ASCT1 is an integral plasma-membrane transporter; the generic "membrane" term should be refined to plasma membrane (transporter convention), which is directly supported.
Proposed replacements: plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
IDA
PMID:26041762
Mutations in SLC1A4, encoding the brain serine transporter, ...
MODIFY
Summary: Generic membrane localization; refine to plasma membrane, where ASCT1 is shown to reside and function.
Reason: Disease study shows ASCT1 at the plasma membrane; refine the generic term to plasma membrane.
Proposed replacements: plasma membrane
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
the mutations did not affect the protein level at the plasma membrane but abolished or markedly
GO:0016020 membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
MODIFY
Summary: Generic membrane localization from InterPro family mapping; refine to plasma membrane.
Reason: The specific compartment for ASCT1 is the plasma membrane.
Proposed replacements: plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
NAS
PMID:8101838
Cloning and expression of a human neutral amino acid transpo...
MODIFY
Summary: Generic membrane localization asserted in the cloning paper; refine to plasma membrane.
Reason: ASCT1 functions as an integral plasma-membrane transporter; refine the generic term.
Proposed replacements: plasma membrane
GO:0030425 dendrite
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Neuronal dendrite localization transferred from rodent ortholog; plausible given neuronal expression but non-core.
Reason: ASCT1 is expressed in neurons as well as astrocytes; a dendritic pool is plausible but the core functional location is the plasma membrane generally, so this is retained as non-core.
GO:0033162 melanosome membrane
EXP
PMID:17081065
Proteomic and bioinformatic characterization of the biogenes...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions (stages I-IV); a non-core localization.
Reason: Melanosome-fraction proteomics detected ASCT1; melanosomes are lysosome-related organelles and a minor pool is plausible, but this is peripheral to the transporter's core plasma-membrane function.
GO:0033162 melanosome membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: UniProt SubCell mapping reflecting the same melanosome proteomics finding; non-core.
Reason: Mirrors the melanosome-fraction MS evidence; retained as a non-core localization.
GO:0034589 hydroxyproline transport
IDA
PMID:14502423
Transport of proline and hydroxyproline by the neutral amino...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ASCT1 transports trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline (high affinity, K0.5 ~33 uM); a genuine but peripheral process.
Reason: Direct oocyte uptake demonstrates hydroxyproline transport; although high-affinity, this is a minor/peripheral physiological role rather than a core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14502423
K(0.5) was 33.2 +/- 4.3 microM
GO:0034590 L-hydroxyproline transmembrane transporter activity
IDA
PMID:14502423
Transport of proline and hydroxyproline by the neutral amino...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Direct demonstration of hydroxyproline transport activity; genuine but peripheral.
Reason: Hydroxyproline is transported by ASCT1 (high affinity), but as a secondary substrate rather than a core physiological activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14502423
demonstrates for the first time the ability of ASCT1
GO:0035249 synaptic transmission, glutamatergic
NAS
PMID:16897601
Changes in region- and cell type-specific expression pattern...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ASCT1 modulates glutamatergic (NMDA) transmission indirectly, via its role in L-serine/ D-serine homeostasis (D-serine is the NMDA co-agonist). The supporting paper is an expression-correlation study in psychiatric disorders.
Reason: ASCT1 does not itself execute synaptic transmission; its connection to glutamatergic transmission is through supplying serine for D-serine synthesis. A real but indirect, non-core role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16897601
The altered expression of ASCT-1 in neurons and astrocytes
GO:0035524 proline transmembrane transport
IEA
GO_REF:0000108
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Logical-inference counterpart of the proline transporter activity; genuine but peripheral.
Reason: Follows from the demonstrated (lower-affinity) proline transporter activity; consistent but peripheral to the core neutral amino acid exchange.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14502423
demonstrates for the first time the ability of ASCT1
GO:0043025 neuronal cell body
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Neuronal cell-body localization transferred from rodent ortholog; plausible, non-core.
Reason: ASCT1 is expressed in neurons; a somatic pool is plausible but peripheral to the core plasma-membrane function.
GO:0045202 synapse
IEA
GO_REF:0000108
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Synapse localization inferred from the glutamatergic-transmission annotation; plausible but non-core/indirect.
Reason: Derived by inter-ontology inference from the (indirect) glutamatergic-transmission term; ASCT1 acts at/near excitatory synapses in the serine shuttle, so a synaptic pool is plausible but peripheral.
GO:0050890 cognition
IMP
PMID:16897601
Changes in region- and cell type-specific expression pattern...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: ASCT1 loss affects cognition (intellectual disability is a hallmark of SPATCCM), via its role in brain serine/D-serine supply. A physiological, non-core role.
Reason: Human loss-of-function causes severe intellectual disability, establishing necessity for normal cognition; but ASCT1's direct function is amino acid transport, so cognition is a downstream, non-core process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
The data underscore that ASCT1 is essential in
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
HDA
PMID:20458337
MHC class II-associated proteins in B-cell exosomes and pote...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Detected in exosome proteomics; common for plasma-membrane proteins, non-core.
Reason: Membrane proteins are frequently recovered in exosome preparations; this reflects membrane trafficking rather than a core functional location.
GO:0090461 intracellular glutamate homeostasis
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: ASCT1 does not transport glutamate, so a direct role in glutamate homeostasis is not supported; this ARBA-derived term stems from the glutamate-transporter mis-classification.
Reason: Unvetted ARBA association; glutamate is not an ASCT1 substrate, so an intracellular glutamate-homeostasis role is an over-annotation inherited from the EAAT branch.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0090461 intracellular glutamate homeostasis
TAS
PMID:21757002
The nuclear receptor FXR regulates hepatic transport and met...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: TAS from an FXR/hepatic glutamate-metabolism paper; does not establish an ASCT1 role in glutamate homeostasis, and ASCT1 does not transport glutamate.
Reason: The cited study concerns FXR regulation of hepatic glutamine/glutamate metabolism, not an ASCT1-mediated glutamate-homeostasis function; over-annotation. Kept consistent with the ARBA GO:0090461 row.
GO:0098657 import into cell
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
TOO GENERAL
Summary: True but general import process; the specific accepted imports (L-serine and L-alanine import across the plasma membrane) entail it.
Reason: Generic "import into cell" is entailed by the accepted specific terms GO:1903812 (L-serine import) and GO:1904273 (L-alanine import); uninformative at this level. (ASCT1 imports are exchange-coupled rather than net import.)
GO:0098712 L-glutamate import across plasma membrane
TAS
PMID:21757002
The nuclear receptor FXR regulates hepatic transport and met...
REMOVE
Summary: Glutamate is not an ASCT1 substrate; the FXR/hepatic metabolism paper does not show glutamate import by ASCT1.
Reason: ASCT1 does not transport glutamate (direct human data); PMID:21757002 does not establish glutamate import by ASCT1. Consistent with the other glutamate rows (REMOVE).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0140009 L-aspartate import across plasma membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000107
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: Aspartate (dicarboxylate) is not an ASCT1 substrate; transferred from mouse ortholog.
Reason: Dicarboxylate import is an EAAT-branch function, not ASCT1; contradicted by direct human data showing no dicarboxylate transport.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0140009 L-aspartate import across plasma membrane
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: ISS transfer of aspartate import from mouse O35874; not an ASCT1 function.
Reason: Same rationale; aspartate is not transported by ASCT1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8340364
did not induce the transport of radiolabeled L-cysteine, L-glutamate, or related dicarboxylates
GO:0150104 transport across blood-brain barrier
NAS
PMID:26590417
Establishment and Dysfunction of the Blood-Brain Barrier.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: NAS from a general blood-brain-barrier review that does not establish a specific ASCT1 BBB-transport role. ASCT1 is an obligate exchanger (no net flux), and brain L-serine is synthesized in situ because of poor BBB permeability.
Reason: A net transport role across the BBB is mechanistically implausible for an electroneutral exchanger, and the literature indicates brain serine is made locally rather than imported across the BBB; the NAS rests on generic review text, not ASCT1-specific BBB evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
within the brain because of its poor permeability by the blood-brain barrier.
GO:0150104 transport across blood-brain barrier
NAS
PMID:30280653
Blood-Brain Barrier: From Physiology to Disease and Back.
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: NAS from a second general BBB review; same concerns as the other GO:0150104 row.
Reason: Generic BBB-review support; ASCT1's obligate-exchange mechanism and the in-brain synthesis of serine argue against a net BBB-transport function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
within the brain because of its poor permeability by the blood-brain barrier.
GO:1902476 chloride transmembrane transport
IEA
GO_REF:0000108
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Follows from the substrate-gated uncoupled anion conductance; genuine but non-core (chloride is the least permeant of the tested anions).
Reason: Consistent with the chloride-channel activity, which is a real but secondary property of ASCT1; retained as non-core like its parent activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8910405
thermodynamically uncoupled chloride conductance
GO:1903812 L-serine import across plasma membrane
IMP
PMID:26041762
Mutations in SLC1A4, encoding the brain serine transporter, ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Disease-variant functional assays establish ASCT1-dependent L-serine import at the plasma membrane (exchange-coupled). Core to the brain serine shuttle.
Reason: Pathogenic variants abolish/markedly reduce L-serine uptake; ASCT1 imports L-serine into cells (coupled to counter-substrate efflux) as part of its core serine-homeostasis role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
reduced L-serine transport for p.R457W and p.E256K mutations, respectively.
GO:1904273 L-alanine import across plasma membrane
IMP
PMID:26041762
Mutations in SLC1A4, encoding the brain serine transporter, ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Disease-variant functional assays establish ASCT1-dependent L-alanine import at the plasma membrane.
Reason: Pathogenic variants reduce L-alanine uptake; ASCT1 imports L-alanine (exchange-coupled) as part of neutral amino acid homeostasis.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26041762
reduced L-serine transport for p.R457W and p.E256K mutations, respectively.

Core Functions

Obligate antiport (exchange) mechanism: ASCT1 catalyses a 1:1 bidirectional exchange of small neutral amino acids coupled to inward Na+ co-transport, with negligible net flux, rather than the concentrative net symport of the EAAT members of the SLC1 family. This exchange mode is the defining molecular mechanism of the transporter (mirrors the obligate-exchange modelling of the paralog ASCT2/SLC1A5).

Molecular Function:
antiporter activity
Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:8910405
    an electroneutral exchanger that mediates negligible net amino acid flux
  • PMID:34630942
    perform the obligatory exchange of the amino acid pools
  • file:human/SLC1A4/SLC1A4-uniprot.txt
    Sodium-coupled antiporter of neutral amino acids.

Sodium-coupled obligate antiport (exchange) of small neutral amino acids across the plasma membrane. ASCT1 catalyses electroneutral homo- and hetero-exchange of L- and D-serine, L-alanine, L-threonine, L-cysteine and L-asparagine (and, more weakly, proline/ 4-hydroxyproline), coupled to inward Na+ co-transport, with negligible net amino acid flux and without proton or K+ coupling. It does not transport glutamate, aspartate or glutamine.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:8910405
    ASCT-1 mediates only homo- and heteroexchange of amino acids and is insensitive
  • PMID:34630942
    perform the obligatory exchange of the amino acid pools
  • file:human/SLC1A4/SLC1A4-uniprot.txt
    Sodium-coupled antiporter of neutral amino acids.

L-serine transmembrane transport (exchange) underlying brain serine/D-serine homeostasis. In astrocytes, ASCT1 exchanges L-serine and D-serine to supply neurons with L-serine for de novo D-serine synthesis and to help regulate extracellular D-serine, the co-agonist of synaptic NMDA receptors; human loss of function causes SPATCCM.

Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:26041762
    The data underscore that ASCT1 is essential in
  • PMID:27272177
    SLC1A4 (ASCT1) may represent an important route of Na-dependent D-serine flux in

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