SLC38A1 (ATA1)-mediated uptake of neutral amino acids Authored: D'Eustachio, P, 2008-06-02 20:10:30 Edited: D'Eustachio, P, 2008-06-02 20:10:30 Pubmed10891391 Reactome Database ID Release 43352119 Reactome, http://www.reactome.org ReactomeREACT_13590 Reviewed: Jassal, B, 2008-06-03 13:06:01 SLC38A1 (ATA1), associated with the plasma membrane, mediates the uptake of neutral amino acids, especially alanine, asparagine, glutamine, methionine, and serine in a sodium ion-dependent transport process. Northern blotting experiments indicate gene expression in placenta and heart, and at lower levels in other tissues including brain, lung, skeletal muscle, spleen, stomach and testis, but not kidney or intestine (Wang et al. 2000). ligands of SLC38A1 ligands of SLC38A1