Difference between revisions of "Monocarboxylate (Lactate) transporter"
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| − | '''Monocarboxylate transporters''',<ref name="Halestrap_2004">Halestrap AP, Meredith D (2004). The SLC16 gene family-from monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) to aromatic amino acid transporters and beyond. Pflugers Arch. 447 (5): 619–28 ([ | + | '''Monocarboxylate transporters''',<ref name="Halestrap_2004">Halestrap AP, Meredith D (2004). The SLC16 gene family-from monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) to aromatic amino acid transporters and beyond. Pflugers Arch. 447 (5): 619–28 ([http://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00424-003-1067-2 doi])</ref> or '''MCTs''', constitute a family of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton#Hydrogen_as_proton proton]-linked [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_transport_protein plasma membrane transporters] that carry molecules having one carboxylate group ('''monocarboxylates'''), such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactic_acid lactate] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyruvic_acid pyruvate]. |
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Revision as of 11:28, 28 February 2014
Monocarboxylate transporters,[1] or MCTs, constitute a family of proton-linked plasma membrane transporters that carry molecules having one carboxylate group (monocarboxylates), such as lactate and pyruvate.
