SLC2A3
solute carrier family 2 member 3 | GLUT3

Enables D-glucose binding activity; dehydroascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity; and hexose transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in D-glucose import across plasma membrane; galactose transmembrane transport; and transport across blood-brain barrier. Located in aggresome and plasma membrane. Biomarker of Alzheimer's disease; acanthosis nigricans; diabetes mellitus; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Developmental clusters: GC7
Biological processes 37 terms
D-glucose binding (GO:0005536)D-glucose import across plasma membrane (GO:0098708)D-glucose import across plasma membrane (GO:0098708)D-glucose transmembrane transport (GO:1904659)D-glucose transmembrane transport (GO:1904659)D-glucose transmembrane transport (GO:1904659)D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0055056)D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0055056)D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0055056)D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0055056)L-ascorbic acid metabolic process (GO:0019852)carbohydrate metabolic process (GO:0005975)dehydroascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0033300)dehydroascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0033300)dehydroascorbic acid transport (GO:0070837)extracellular exosome (GO:0070062)ficolin-1-rich granule membrane (GO:0101003)fructose transmembrane transport (GO:0015755)fructose transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0005353)galactose transmembrane transport (GO:0015757)galactose transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0005354)membrane (GO:0016020)membrane (GO:0016020)perikaryon (GO:0043204)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)protein binding (GO:0005515)secretory granule membrane (GO:0030667)specific granule membrane (GO:0035579)tertiary granule membrane (GO:0070821)transmembrane transport (GO:0055085)transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0022857)transport across blood-brain barrier (GO:0150104)
Expression (TPM)
SLC2A3 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating SLC2A3 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for SLC2A3. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = SLC2A3 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to SLC2A3

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of SLC2A3, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr12:7,638,028–7,638,994 297.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 360
chr12:7,639,859–7,640,636 295.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 28
chr12:7,709,770–7,710,489 226.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 82
chr12:7,859,953–7,860,905 75.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 344
chr12:7,906,949–7,907,466 28.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 435
chr12:7,933,254–7,933,739 2.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) 386
chr12:7,935,022–7,936,948 130 bp At TSS Multiome 450
chr12:7,937,904–7,938,471 1.9 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 193
chr12:7,959,506–7,960,170 23.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 284
chr12:7,960,785–7,961,174 24.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 471
chr12:7,970,302–7,971,168 34.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 619
chr12:7,994,878–7,995,556 59.1 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 262
chr12:8,018,686–8,019,483 82.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 217
chr12:8,026,338–8,027,323 90.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 935
chr12:8,032,354–8,033,866 96.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 673
chr12:8,081,804–8,082,716 146.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 840
chr12:8,227,234–8,228,048 291.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 86

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the SLC2A3 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr12:7,628,028 – 8,238,048
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq