GLUT5

id: glut5-191-11835327
title: GLUT5
text: GLUT5 is a fructose transporter expressed on the apical border of enterocytes in the small intestine. GLUT5 allows for fructose to be transported from the intestinal lumen into the enterocyte by facilitated diffusion due to fructose's high concentration in the intestinal lumen. GLUT5 is also expressed in skeletal muscle, testis, kidney, fat tissue (adipocytes), and brain. Fructose malabsorption or Dietary Fructose Intolerance is a dietary disability of the small intestine, where the amount of fr
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description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLUT5
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date modified: 2024-03-31T08:48:53Z
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