GLUT5

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solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose/fructose transporter), member 5
Identifiers
Symbol SLC2A5
Entrez 6518
HUGO SLC2A5
OMIM 138230
RefSeq NM_003039
UniProt P22732
Other data
Locus Chr. 1 p36.2

GLUT5 is a fructose transporter.

Fructose malabsorption or Dietary Fructose Intolerance is a dietary disability of the small intestine, where the amount of fructose carrier in enterocytes is deficient.

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GLUT5 is a membrane transporter of fructose that is expressed on the apical border of small intestinal enterocytes.

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