NCBI Accession #
NP_851109.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_180778.4
NCBI Official Full Name
lysine histidine transporter 1
NCBI Official Symbol
LHT1
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
K1B16.3; K1B16_3; LYSINE AND HISTIDINE SPECIFIC TRANSPORTER; lysine histidine transporter 1
NCBI Protein Information
lysine histidine transporter 1
NCBI Summary
Encodes LHT1 (lysine histidine transporter), a high-affinity transporter for cellular amino acid uptake in both root epidermis and leaf mesophyll.
UniProt Protein Name
Lysine histidine transporter 1
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q9FKS8
UniProt Secondary Accession #
O24405; Q3E8J8
UniProt Related Accession #
Q9FKS8
UniProt Comments
Amino acid-proton symporter. Transporter with a broad specificity for histidine, lysine, glutamic acid, alanine, serine, proline and glycine. Involved in both apoplastic transport of amino acids in leaves and their uptake by roots.