Solute Carrier Family 25, Member 42 (SLC25A42)

SLC25A42 belongs to the SLC25 family of mitochondrial carrier proteins.By searching databases for SLC25 family members, Haitina et al. (2006) identified 2 splice variants of SLC25A42. The deduced protein contains 418 amino acids. Quantitative real-time PCR detected variable expression in all rat tissues examined, with highest expression in adipose, followed by hypothalamus and brain coronal sections containing corpus callosum, fornix, thalamus, hypothalamus, optic chiasm, pons, midbrain, and cerebellum.Haitina et al. (2006) determined that the SLC25A42 gene contains 7 exons.By genomic sequence analysis, Haitina et al. (2006) mapped the SLC25A42 gene to chromosome 19. They mapped the mouse gene to chromosome 8.