A family of sodium chloride-dependent neurotransmitter symporters that transport the amino acid GLYCINE. They differ from GLYCINE RECEPTORS, which signal cellular responses to GLYCINE. They are located primarily on the PLASMA MEMBRANE of NEURONS; GLIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; and RED BLOOD CELLS where they remove inhibitory neurotransmitter glycine from the EXTRACELLULAR SPACE.
Also Known As:
GLYT Proteins; Glycine Plasma Membrane Transporter Proteins; Glycine Transporter; Glycine Transporter 1; Glycine Transporter 2; Glycine-Specific Neurotransmitter Transporters; Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, Glycine Specific; Neurotransmitter Transporters, Glycine Specific; Transporters, Glycine-Specific Neurotransmitter; Neurotransmitter Transport Proteins, Glycine-Specific; Neurotransmitter Transporters, Glycine-Specific