ID OSTA_HUMAN Reviewed; 340 AA. AC Q86UW1; Q6ZMC7; DT 29-APR-2008, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-JUN-2003, sequence version 1. DT 24-JAN-2024, entry version 132. DE RecName: Full=Organic solute transporter subunit alpha {ECO:0000303|PubMed:16317684}; DE Short=OST-alpha {ECO:0000303|PubMed:16317684}; DE AltName: Full=Solute carrier family 51 subunit alpha; GN Name=SLC51A; Synonyms=OSTA; OS Homo sapiens (Human). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; OC Homo. OX NCBI_TaxID=9606; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, AND TISSUE SPECIFICITY. RC TISSUE=Liver; RX PubMed=12719432; DOI=10.1074/jbc.m301106200; RA Seward D.J., Koh A.S., Boyer J.L., Ballatori N.; RT "Functional complementation between a novel mammalian polygenic transport RT complex and an evolutionarily ancient organic solute transporter, OSTalpha- RT OSTbeta."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 278:27473-27482(2003). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA], AND VARIANT ILE-202. RC TISSUE=Small intestine; RX PubMed=14702039; DOI=10.1038/ng1285; RA Ota T., Suzuki Y., Nishikawa T., Otsuki T., Sugiyama T., Irie R., RA Wakamatsu A., Hayashi K., Sato H., Nagai K., Kimura K., Makita H., RA Sekine M., Obayashi M., Nishi T., Shibahara T., Tanaka T., Ishii S., RA Yamamoto J., Saito K., Kawai Y., Isono Y., Nakamura Y., Nagahari K., RA Murakami K., Yasuda T., Iwayanagi T., Wagatsuma M., Shiratori A., Sudo H., RA Hosoiri T., Kaku Y., Kodaira H., Kondo H., Sugawara M., Takahashi M., RA Kanda K., Yokoi T., Furuya T., Kikkawa E., Omura Y., Abe K., Kamihara K., RA Katsuta N., Sato K., Tanikawa M., Yamazaki M., Ninomiya K., Ishibashi T., RA Yamashita H., Murakawa K., Fujimori K., Tanai H., Kimata M., Watanabe M., RA Hiraoka S., Chiba Y., Ishida S., Ono Y., Takiguchi S., Watanabe S., RA Yosida M., Hotuta T., Kusano J., Kanehori K., Takahashi-Fujii A., Hara H., RA Tanase T.-O., Nomura Y., Togiya S., Komai F., Hara R., Takeuchi K., RA Arita M., Imose N., Musashino K., Yuuki H., Oshima A., Sasaki N., RA Aotsuka S., Yoshikawa Y., Matsunawa H., Ichihara T., Shiohata N., Sano S., RA Moriya S., Momiyama H., Satoh N., Takami S., Terashima Y., Suzuki O., RA Nakagawa S., Senoh A., Mizoguchi H., Goto Y., Shimizu F., Wakebe H., RA Hishigaki H., Watanabe T., Sugiyama A., Takemoto M., Kawakami B., RA Yamazaki M., Watanabe K., Kumagai A., Itakura S., Fukuzumi Y., Fujimori Y., RA Komiyama M., Tashiro H., Tanigami A., Fujiwara T., Ono T., Yamada K., RA Fujii Y., Ozaki K., Hirao M., Ohmori Y., Kawabata A., Hikiji T., RA Kobatake N., Inagaki H., Ikema Y., Okamoto S., Okitani R., Kawakami T., RA Noguchi S., Itoh T., Shigeta K., Senba T., Matsumura K., Nakajima Y., RA Mizuno T., Morinaga M., Sasaki M., Togashi T., Oyama M., Hata H., RA Watanabe M., Komatsu T., Mizushima-Sugano J., Satoh T., Shirai Y., RA Takahashi Y., Nakagawa K., Okumura K., Nagase T., Nomura N., Kikuchi H., RA Masuho Y., Yamashita R., Nakai K., Yada T., Nakamura Y., Ohara O., RA Isogai T., Sugano S.; RT "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human RT cDNAs."; RL Nat. Genet. 36:40-45(2004). RN [3] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RA Mural R.J., Istrail S., Sutton G.G., Florea L., Halpern A.L., Mobarry C.M., RA Lippert R., Walenz B., Shatkay H., Dew I., Miller J.R., Flanigan M.J., RA Edwards N.J., Bolanos R., Fasulo D., Halldorsson B.V., Hannenhalli S., RA Turner R., Yooseph S., Lu F., Nusskern D.R., Shue B.C., Zheng X.H., RA Zhong F., Delcher A.L., Huson D.H., Kravitz S.A., Mouchard L., Reinert K., RA Remington K.A., Clark A.G., Waterman M.S., Eichler E.E., Adams M.D., RA Hunkapiller M.W., Myers E.W., Venter J.C.; RL Submitted (SEP-2005) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. RN [4] RP FUNCTION, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION, TISSUE SPECIFICITY, AND TRANSPORT ACTIVITY. RX PubMed=16317684; DOI=10.1002/hep.20961; RA Ballatori N., Christian W.V., Lee J.Y., Dawson P.A., Soroka C.J., RA Boyer J.L., Madejczyk M.S., Li N.; RT "OSTalpha-OSTbeta: a major basolateral bile acid and steroid transporter in RT human intestinal, renal, and biliary epithelia."; RL Hepatology 42:1270-1279(2005). RN [5] RP INDUCTION BY NR1H4. RX PubMed=16269519; DOI=10.1152/ajpgi.00430.2005; RA Landrier J.-F., Eloranta J.J., Vavricka S.R., Kullak-Ublick G.A.; RT "The nuclear receptor for bile acids, FXR, transactivates human organic RT solute transporter-alpha and -beta genes."; RL Am. J. Physiol. 290:G476-G485(2006). RN [6] RP INDUCTION BY NR1H4. RX PubMed=16251721; DOI=10.1194/jlr.m500417-jlr200; RA Lee H., Zhang Y., Lee F.Y., Nelson S.F., Gonzalez F.J., Edwards P.A.; RT "FXR regulates organic solute transporters alpha and beta in the adrenal RT gland, kidney, and intestine."; RL J. Lipid Res. 47:201-214(2006). RN [7] RP VARIANT PFIC6 186-GLN--ALA-340 DEL, AND INVOLVEMENT IN PFIC6. RX PubMed=31863603; DOI=10.1002/hep.31087; RA Gao E., Cheema H., Waheed N., Mushtaq I., Erden N., Nelson-Williams C., RA Jain D., Soroka C.J., Boyer J.L., Khalil Y., Clayton P.T., Mistry P.K., RA Lifton R.P., Vilarinho S.; RT "Organic solute transporter alpha deficiency: A disorder with cholestasis, RT liver fibrosis, and congenital diarrhea."; RL Hepatology 71:1879-1882(2020). CC -!- FUNCTION: Essential component of the Ost-alpha/Ost-beta complex, a CC heterodimer that acts as the intestinal basolateral transporter CC responsible for bile acid export from enterocytes into portal blood CC (PubMed:16317684). Efficiently transports the major species of bile CC acids (taurocholate) (PubMed:16317684). Taurine conjugates are CC transported more efficiently across the basolateral membrane than CC glycine-conjugated bile acids (By similarity). Can also transport CC steroids such as estrone 3-sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone 3- CC sulfate, therefore playing a role in the enterohepatic circulation of CC sterols (PubMed:16317684). Able to transport eicosanoids such as CC prostaglandin E2 (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000, CC ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q90YM5, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317684}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=taurocholate(out) = taurocholate(in); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71703, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:36257; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317684}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=estrone 3-sulfate(out) = estrone 3-sulfate(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71835, ChEBI:CHEBI:60050; CC Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317684}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=dehydroepiandrosterone 3-sulfate(out) = dehydroepiandrosterone CC 3-sulfate(in); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71839, ChEBI:CHEBI:57905; CC Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317684}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=tauroursodeoxycholate(out) = tauroursodeoxycholate(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71843, ChEBI:CHEBI:132028; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=glycoursodeoxycholate(out) = glycoursodeoxycholate(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71847, ChEBI:CHEBI:132030; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=glycocholate(out) = glycocholate(in); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71851, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:29746; Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=taurochenodeoxycholate(out) = taurochenodeoxycholate(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71855, ChEBI:CHEBI:9407; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=glycochenodeoxycholate(out) = glycochenodeoxycholate(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71859, ChEBI:CHEBI:36252; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=taurodeoxycholate(out) = taurodeoxycholate(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71863, ChEBI:CHEBI:36261; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=glycodeoxycholate(out) = glycodeoxycholate(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:71867, ChEBI:CHEBI:82982; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=prostaglandin E2(out) = prostaglandin E2(in); CC Xref=Rhea:RHEA:50984, ChEBI:CHEBI:606564; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q90YM5}; CC -!- SUBUNIT: Interacts with SLC51B. The Ost-alpha/Ost-beta complex is a CC heterodimer composed of alpha (SLC51A) and beta (SLC51B) subunit (By CC similarity). {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- INTERACTION: CC Q86UW1; P54253: ATXN1; NbExp=7; IntAct=EBI-945738, EBI-930964; CC Q86UW1; Q96LL9: DNAJC30; NbExp=3; IntAct=EBI-945738, EBI-8639143; CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317684}; CC Multi-pass membrane protein. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane CC {ECO:0000250}; Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. CC Note=Transported from the endoplasmic reticulum to the plasma membrane CC upon interacting with SLC51B (By similarity). Mainly restricted to the CC lateral and basal membranes of ileal enterocytes. {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Widely expressed with a high expression in ileum. CC Expressed in testis, colon, liver, small intestine, kidney, ovary and CC adrenal gland; and at low levels in heart, lung, brain, pituitary, CC thyroid gland, uterus, prostate, mammary gland and fat. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12719432, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16317684}. CC -!- INDUCTION: Positively regulated via NR1H4/FXR in adrenal gland, kidney CC and intestine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16251721, CC ECO:0000269|PubMed:16269519}. CC -!- DISEASE: Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic, 6 (PFIC6) CC [MIM:619484]: An autosomal recessive form of progressive cholestasis, a CC disorder characterized by early onset of cholestasis that progresses to CC hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease. PFIC6 CC patients have elevated liver transaminases and congenital diarrhea. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:31863603}. Note=The disease is caused by variants CC affecting the gene represented in this entry. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the OST-alpha family. {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AY194243; AAP23993.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; AK172837; BAD18802.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; CH471191; EAW53665.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR CCDS; CCDS3314.1; -. DR RefSeq; NP_689885.4; NM_152672.5. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q86UW1; -. DR BioGRID; 128357; 7. DR IntAct; Q86UW1; 7. DR STRING; 9606.ENSP00000296327; -. DR ChEMBL; CHEMBL2073724; -. DR DrugBank; DB00286; Conjugated estrogens. DR DrugBank; DB00390; Digoxin. DR DrugBank; DB00917; Dinoprostone. DR DrugBank; DB04348; Taurocholic acid. DR TCDB; 2.A.82.1.2; the organic solute transporter (ost) family. DR GlyCosmos; Q86UW1; 2 sites, 1 glycan. DR GlyGen; Q86UW1; 2 sites, 1 O-linked glycan (2 sites). DR iPTMnet; Q86UW1; -. DR PhosphoSitePlus; Q86UW1; -. DR BioMuta; SLC51A; -. DR jPOST; Q86UW1; -. DR MassIVE; Q86UW1; -. DR PaxDb; 9606-ENSP00000296327; -. DR PeptideAtlas; Q86UW1; -. DR Antibodypedia; 46863; 122 antibodies from 18 providers. DR DNASU; 200931; -. DR Ensembl; ENST00000296327.10; ENSP00000296327.5; ENSG00000163959.10. DR GeneID; 200931; -. DR KEGG; hsa:200931; -. DR MANE-Select; ENST00000296327.10; ENSP00000296327.5; NM_152672.6; NP_689885.4. DR UCSC; uc003fwd.4; human. DR AGR; HGNC:29955; -. DR CTD; 200931; -. DR DisGeNET; 200931; -. DR GeneCards; SLC51A; -. DR HGNC; HGNC:29955; SLC51A. DR HPA; ENSG00000163959; Group enriched (intestine, liver). DR MalaCards; SLC51A; -. DR MIM; 612084; gene. DR MIM; 619484; phenotype. DR neXtProt; NX_Q86UW1; -. DR OpenTargets; ENSG00000163959; -. DR VEuPathDB; HostDB:ENSG00000163959; -. DR eggNOG; ENOG502R3BX; Eukaryota. DR GeneTree; ENSGT00940000160780; -. DR HOGENOM; CLU_054316_0_0_1; -. DR InParanoid; Q86UW1; -. DR OMA; CLPMVIP; -. DR OrthoDB; 5355208at2759; -. DR PhylomeDB; Q86UW1; -. DR PathwayCommons; Q86UW1; -. DR Reactome; R-HSA-159418; Recycling of bile acids and salts. DR SignaLink; Q86UW1; -. DR BioGRID-ORCS; 200931; 15 hits in 1145 CRISPR screens. DR GeneWiki; OSTalpha; -. DR GenomeRNAi; 200931; -. DR Pharos; Q86UW1; Tbio. DR PRO; PR:Q86UW1; -. DR Proteomes; UP000005640; Chromosome 3. DR RNAct; Q86UW1; Protein. DR Bgee; ENSG00000163959; Expressed in ileal mucosa and 108 other cell types or tissues. DR ExpressionAtlas; Q86UW1; baseline and differential. DR GO; GO:0016323; C:basolateral plasma membrane; IDA:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0005789; C:endoplasmic reticulum membrane; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0016020; C:membrane; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0005886; C:plasma membrane; IDA:MGI. DR GO; GO:0032991; C:protein-containing complex; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0015125; F:bile acid transmembrane transporter activity; IEA:Ensembl. DR GO; GO:0046982; F:protein heterodimerization activity; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0042803; F:protein homodimerization activity; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0015721; P:bile acid and bile salt transport; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0032782; P:bile acid secretion; IPI:UniProtKB. DR InterPro; IPR005178; Ostalpha/TMEM184C. DR PANTHER; PTHR23423:SF11; ORGANIC SOLUTE TRANSPORTER SUBUNIT ALPHA; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR23423; ORGANIC SOLUTE TRANSPORTER-RELATED; 1. DR Pfam; PF03619; Solute_trans_a; 1. DR SMART; SM01417; Solute_trans_a; 1. DR Genevisible; Q86UW1; HS. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Cell membrane; Disease variant; Endoplasmic reticulum; KW Intrahepatic cholestasis; Lipid transport; Membrane; Phosphoprotein; KW Reference proteome; Transmembrane; Transmembrane helix; Transport. FT CHAIN 1..340 FT /note="Organic solute transporter subunit alpha" FT /id="PRO_0000331543" FT TOPO_DOM 1..48 FT /note="Extracellular" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 49..69 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 70..87 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 88..108 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 109..118 FT /note="Extracellular" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 119..139 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 140..181 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 182..202 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 203..218 FT /note="Extracellular" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 219..239 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 240..255 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 256..276 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 277..294 FT /note="Extracellular" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TRANSMEM 295..317 FT /note="Helical" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT TOPO_DOM 318..340 FT /note="Cytoplasmic" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255" FT MOD_RES 330 FT /note="Phosphoserine" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8R000" FT VARIANT 186..340 FT /note="Missing (in PFIC6; loss of expression in the colon FT of an homozygous patient)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:31863603" FT /id="VAR_086189" FT VARIANT 202 FT /note="V -> I (in dbSNP:rs939885)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:14702039" FT /id="VAR_042895" SQ SEQUENCE 340 AA; 37735 MW; D6725C479A7DF114 CRC64; MEPGRTQIKL DPRYTADLLE VLKTNYGIPS ACFSQPPTAA QLLRALGPVE LALTSILTLL ALGSIAIFLE DAVYLYKNTL CPIKRRTLLW KSSAPTVVSV LCCFGLWIPR SLVLVEMTIT SFYAVCFYLL MLVMVEGFGG KEAVLRTLRD TPMMVHTGPC CCCCPCCPRL LLTRKKLQLL MLGPFQYAFL KITLTLVGLF LVPDGIYDPA DISEGSTALW INTFLGVSTL LALWTLGIIS RQARLHLGEQ NMGAKFALFQ VLLILTALQP SIFSVLANGG QIACSPPYSS KTRSQVMNCH LLILETFLMT VLTRMYYRRK DHKVGYETFS SPDLDLNLKA //