Ornithine translocase
| solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier; ornithine transporter) member 15 | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | SLC25A15 | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | ORNT1, HHH | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 10166 | ||||||
| HGNC | 10985 | ||||||
| OMIM | 603861 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_014252 | ||||||
| UniProt | Q9Y619 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 13 q14 | ||||||
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Ornithine translocase is responsible for transporting ornithine from the cytosol into the mitochondria in the urea cycle. It is highly expressed in the liver and pancreas.