SLC7A5
solute carrier family 7 member 5 | CD98, D16S469E, E16, LAT1, MPE16

Enables L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity and secondary active transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in carboxylic acid transport; thyroid hormone transport; and xenobiotic transport. Located in several cellular components, including apical plasma membrane; cytosol; and microvillus membrane. Part of amino acid transport complex. Implicated in cholangiocarcinoma; colon cancer; hepatocellular carcinoma; and lung squamous cell carcinoma. Biomarker of esophagitis; gastrointestinal system cancer (multiple); malignant astrocytoma (multiple); and respiratory system cancer (multiple). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2025]

Member of: DE-4 DE-4.1 Developmental clusters: GC3
Biological processes 91 terms
L-alpha-amino acid transmembrane transport (GO:1902475)L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015179)L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015179)L-amino acid transport (GO:0015807)L-histidine transport (GO:1902024)L-leucine import across plasma membrane (GO:1903801)L-leucine import across plasma membrane (GO:1903801)L-leucine transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015190)L-leucine transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015190)L-leucine transport (GO:0015820)L-leucine transport (GO:0015820)L-tryptophan transmembrane transport (GO:1904556)L-tryptophan transmembrane transport (GO:1904556)L-tryptophan transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015196)L-tryptophan transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015196)alanine transport (GO:0032328)amino acid import across plasma membrane (GO:0089718)amino acid import across plasma membrane (GO:0089718)amino acid import across plasma membrane (GO:0089718)amino acid import across plasma membrane (GO:0089718)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 complex (GO:1990184)antiporter activity (GO:0015297)apical plasma membrane (GO:0016324)apical plasma membrane (GO:0016324)apical plasma membrane (GO:0016324)aromatic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015173)basal plasma membrane (GO:0009925)basal plasma membrane (GO:0009925)basolateral plasma membrane (GO:0016323)basolateral plasma membrane (GO:0016323)cellular response to L-arginine (GO:1903577)cellular response to amino acid stimulus (GO:0071230)cellular response to glucose starvation (GO:0042149)cellular response to lipopolysaccharide (GO:0071222)cytosol (GO:0005829)external side of apical plasma membrane (GO:0098591)external side of apical plasma membrane (GO:0098591)extracellular exosome (GO:0070062)isoleucine transport (GO:0015818)isoleucine transport (GO:0015818)liver regeneration (GO:0097421)lysosomal membrane (GO:0005765)membrane (GO:0016020)membrane (GO:0016020)membrane (GO:0016020)methionine transport (GO:0015821)microvillus membrane (GO:0031528)negative regulation of autophagy (GO:0010507)negative regulation of gene expression (GO:0010629)negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell apoptotic process (GO:1905460)neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015175)neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015175)neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015175)neutral amino acid transport (GO:0015804)neutral amino acid transport (GO:0015804)neutral amino acid transport (GO:0015804)neutral amino acid transport (GO:0015804)peptide antigen binding (GO:0042605)phenylalanine transport (GO:0015823)phenylalanine transport (GO:0015823)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)positive regulation of L-leucine import across plasma membrane (GO:1905534)positive regulation of cytokine production involved in immune response (GO:0002720)positive regulation of glial cell proliferation (GO:0060252)positive regulation of interleukin-17 production (GO:0032740)positive regulation of interleukin-4 production (GO:0032753)positive regulation of type II interferon production (GO:0032729)proline transport (GO:0015824)protein binding (GO:0005515)response to hyperoxia (GO:0055093)response to muscle activity (GO:0014850)thyroid hormone transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015349)thyroid hormone transport (GO:0070327)transmembrane transport (GO:0055085)transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0022857)transport across blood-brain barrier (GO:0150104)tryptophan transport (GO:0015827)tryptophan transport (GO:0015827)tyrosine transport (GO:0015828)valine transport (GO:0015829)valine transport (GO:0015829)xenobiotic transport (GO:0042908)
Expression (TPM)
SLC7A5 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating SLC7A5 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for SLC7A5. 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 = SLC7A5 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 SLC7A5

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of SLC7A5, 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
chr16:87,601,726–87,602,537 267.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 217
chr16:87,765,695–87,766,281 103.5 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 846
chr16:87,777,440–87,778,323 91.6 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 751
chr16:87,778,885–87,779,577 90.2 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 990
chr16:87,868,765–87,870,102 40 bp At TSS Multiome 674
chr16:87,870,439–87,871,185 1.4 kb Proximal (<10kb) Multiome 528
chr16:87,871,635–87,871,847 2.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) 434
chr16:87,872,576–87,872,847 3.1 kb Proximal (<10kb) 68
chr16:87,874,680–87,875,089 5.2 kb Proximal (<10kb) 94
chr16:87,950,629–87,952,113 81.7 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 1107

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the SLC7A5 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.

chr16:87,591,726 – 87,962,113
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq