SLC38A2
solute carrier family 38 member 2 | ATA2, KIAA1382, SAT2, SNAT2

Enables neutral L-amino acid:sodium symporter activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to arsenite(3-); neutral amino acid transport; and positive regulation of RNA splicing. Located in cytoplasm and plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

Member of: DE-5 Developmental clusters: GC1
Biological processes 71 terms
L-glutamine import across plasma membrane (GO:1903803)L-glutamine import across plasma membrane (GO:1903803)L-glutamine transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015186)L-glutamine transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015186)L-glutamine transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015186)L-glutamine transport (GO:0006868)L-glutamine transport (GO:0006868)L-glutamine transport (GO:0006868)L-proline import across plasma membrane (GO:1904271)L-proline import across plasma membrane (GO:1904271)L-serine import across plasma membrane (GO:1903812)L-serine import across plasma membrane (GO:1903812)L-serine transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015194)L-serine transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015194)L-serine transport (GO:0015825)L-serine transport (GO:0015825)acidic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015172)acidic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015172)acidic amino acid transport (GO:0015800)alanine transport (GO:0032328)alanine transport (GO:0032328)alanine:sodium symporter activity (GO:0015655)alanine:sodium symporter activity (GO:0015655)amino acid import (GO:0043090)amino acid import (GO:0043090)amino acid transmembrane transport (GO:0003333)amino acid transmembrane transport (GO:0003333)amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015171)amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015171)amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015171)amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015171)amino acid transport (GO:0006865)amino acid transport (GO:0006865)amino acid transport (GO:0006865)amino acid:sodium symporter activity (GO:0005283)amino acid:sodium symporter activity (GO:0005283)axon (GO:0030424)brush border (GO:0005903)cellular response to amino acid starvation (GO:0034198)cellular response to arsenite(3-) (GO:1903841)cellular response to mechanical stimulus (GO:0071260)cerebral cortex development (GO:0021987)cytoplasm (GO:0005737)dendrite (GO:0030425)female pregnancy (GO:0007565)glycine betaine transport (GO:0031460)neuronal cell body (GO:0043025)neurotransmitter transport (GO:0006836)neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015175)neutral L-amino acid:sodium symporter activity (GO:0005295)neutral L-amino acid:sodium symporter activity (GO:0005295)neutral amino acid transport (GO:0015804)neutral amino acid transport (GO:0015804)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)positive regulation of RNA splicing (GO:0033120)positive regulation of gene expression (GO:0010628)proline transport (GO:0015824)proline transport (GO:0015824)proline:sodium symporter activity (GO:0005298)proline:sodium symporter activity (GO:0005298)protein binding (GO:0005515)regulation of cellular response to stress (GO:0080135)regulation of glutamate secretion, neurotransmission (GO:1903294)regulation of glutamate secretion, neurotransmission (GO:1903294)response to muscle activity (GO:0014850)sarcolemma (GO:0042383)sodium ion transmembrane transport (GO:0035725)transport across blood-brain barrier (GO:0150104)
Expression (TPM)
SLC38A2 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating SLC38A2 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for SLC38A2. 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 = SLC38A2 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 SLC38A2

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of SLC38A2, 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
chr12:46,267,263–46,270,142 103.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1114
chr12:46,370,990–46,374,187 100 bp At TSS Multiome 1163
chr12:46,382,727–46,384,328 10.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1071
chr12:46,406,190–46,407,087 33.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 143

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the SLC38A2 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.

chr12:46,257,263 – 46,417,087
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq