gene: glt-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in L-glutamate transmembrane transport. Located in cell projection. Expressed in body wall musculature; cephalic sheath cell; hypodermis; and muscle cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Huntington's disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 41. Is an ortholog of human SLC1A2 (solute carrier family 1 member 2).