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SLC6A3

Chr 5p15.33

solute carrier family 6 member 3

Aliases:
DAT
MANE:
ENST00000270349.12

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Childhood onset dystonia, chorea or related movement disorder

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Early onset dystonia

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Intellectual disability

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Neurotransmitter disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Parkinson Disease and Complex Parkinsonism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • Infantile dystonia-parkinsonism

    0.79
  • classic dopamine transporter deficiency syndrome

    0.76
  • parkinsonism-dystonia, infantile

    0.75
  • attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder

    0.64
  • major depressive disorder

    0.63
  • Alzheimer disease

    0.62
  • obesity disorder

    0.60
  • Obesity

    0.60
  • narcolepsy-cataplexy syndrome

    0.59
  • sleep disorder

    0.57

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Sodium-dependent dopamine transporter

Mediates sodium- and chloride-dependent transport of dopamine (PubMed:10375632, PubMed:11093780, PubMed:1406597, PubMed:15505207, PubMed:19478460, PubMed:39112701, PubMed:39112703, PubMed:39112705, PubMed:8302271). Also mediates sodium- and chloride-dependent transport of norepinephrine (also known as noradrenaline) (By similarity). Regulator of light-dependent retinal hyaloid vessel regression, downstream of OPN5 signaling (By similarity)

Curated MONDO disease pages that list SLC6A3 among their top associated genes.

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.