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Conditional knockout of the Slc5a6 gene in mouse intestine impairs biotin absorption.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Jan 2013
Ghosal Abhisek, Lambrecht Nils, Subramanya Sandeep B, Kapadia Rubina, Said Hamid M
Abstract excerpt
The Slc5a6 gene expresses a plasma membrane protein involved in the transport of the water-soluble vitamin biotin; the transporter is commonly referred to as the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT) because it also transports pantothenic acid and lipoic acid. The relative contribution of the SMVT system toward carrier-mediated biotin uptake in the native intestine in vivo has not been established. We...
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