Dopamine Transporter Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody (HA500007)

UNIPROT #

Q01959

PROTEIN NAME

Dopamine Transporter

SYNONYMS

DA transporter antibody;DAT 1 antibody;DAT antibody;DAT1 antibody;Dopamine transporter 1 antibody;Dopamine transporter antibody;PKDYS antibody;SC6A3_HUMAN antibody;SLC6A3 antibody;Sodium dependent dopamine transporter antibody;Sodium-dependent dopamine transporter antibody;Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter dopamine), member 3 antibody;Solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter), member 3 antibody;Solute carrier family 6 member 3 antibody;Variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) antibody

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION

Cell membrane.

FUNCTION

The dopamine transporter (also dopamine active transporter, DAT, SLC6A3) is a membrane-spanning protein that pumps the neurotransmitter dopamine out of the synaptic cleft back into cytosol. In the cytosol, other transporters sequester the dopamine into vesicles for storage and later release. Dopamine reuptake via DAT provides the primary mechanism through which dopamine is cleared from synapses, although there may be an exception in the prefrontal cortex, where evidence points to a possibly larger role of the norepinephrine transporter.DAT is implicated in a number of dopamine-related disorders, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, clinical depression, alcoholism, and substance use disorder. The gene that encodes the DAT protein is located on human chromosome 5, consists of 15 coding exons, and is roughly 64 kbp long. Evidence for the associations between DAT and dopamine related disorders has come from a type of genetic polymorphism, known as a VNTR, in the DAT gene (DAT1), which influences the amount of protein expressed.