FEATURES

FAMILY

mitochondrial carrier (TC 2.A.29) family

DESCRIPTION

Also known as S2544_HUMAN, SLC25A44, KIAA0446. Mitochondrial solute transporter which transports branched-chain amino acid (BCAA; valine, leucine and isoleucine) into mitochondria in brown adipose tissue (BAT) (By similarity). BAT is involved in BCAA catabolism and actively utilizes BCAA in the mitochondria for thermogenesis (PubMed:31435015).

EXTERNAL LINKS

uniprot
enzyme classification
PhosphoSitePlus

SLC25A44

Solute carrier family 25 member 44

SLC25A44

Molecular Synopsis