FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity

ID (Ontology)

GO:0005313 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Enables the transfer of L-glutamate from one side of a membrane to the other. L-glutamate is the anion of 2-aminopentanedioic acid.[ ISBN:0815340729 ]

Comment

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Annotations

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS
Genes (FBgn)	GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT
Genes (FBgn)	GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
enables \| L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity
NOT \| enables \| L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
 |__acidic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity__
 |__L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity_______|
carboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity        |
 |__dicarboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity__|
 |__L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity_______|
                                                          L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity  7 rec.
                                                           |__cystine:glutamate antiporter activity
                                                           |__high-affinity L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity 3 rec.
                                                           |__L-glutamate uniporter activity
                                                           |__L-glutamate:proton antiporter activity 1 rec.
                                                               |__aspartate:glutamate, proton antiporter activity 1 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	dicarboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity acidic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"glutamate transmembrane transporter activity" BROAD "glutamate/aspartate porter activity" NARROW "glutamate/aspartate:sodium symporter activity" NARROW "L-glutamate transporter activity" BROAD
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Reactome:R-HSA-210444 "L-Glutamate loading of synaptic vesicle" Reactome:R-HSA-428052 "SLC17A6,7,8 exchange cytosolic L-Glu for synaptic vesicle H+" Reactome:R-HSA-5624256 "Defective SLC17A8 does not exchange cytosolic L-Glu for synaptic vesicle H+"