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SLC35E3
solute carrier family 35 member E3
Chromosome 12 · 12q15
NCBI Gene: 55508Ensembl: ENSG00000175782.12HGNC: HGNC:20864UniProt: Q7Z769
14PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingantiporter activitynucleotide-sugar transmembrane transporter activitytransmembrane transportneurodegenerative diseasebreast carcinomauterine fibroidUterine leiomyoma
✦AI Summary

SLC35E3 is a putative nucleotide-sugar transporter belonging to solute carrier family 35, localized to the Golgi membrane and endoplasmic reticulum with annotated nucleotide-sugar transmembrane transporter and antiporter activities 1. While SLC35B1 serves as the primary transporter of UDP-glucuronic acid (UDPGA) into the endoplasmic reticulum for glucuronidation, SLC35E3 knockdown also decreased glucuronosyltransferase activity in HEK293 cells expressing UGT1A1, suggesting a supplementary role in UDPGA transport, though this effect was not observed in HepaRG hepatocytes 1. SLC35E3 dysfunction is implicated in defective glyco-conjugation in the Golgi complex and/or endoplasmic reticulum 2. Clinically, SLC35E3 dysregulation is associated with multiple pathologies: it is targeted by upregulated miRNA (novel-m1061-5p) in cardiovascular disease patients 2, shows genomic amplification and overexpression in glioblastoma multiforme 3, is co-amplified with MDM2 and CPM in intimal sarcomas 4, and carries enriched coding variants associated with inflammatory bowel disease risk in French-Canadian populations 5. These findings suggest SLC35E3 plays context-dependent roles in nucleotide-sugar homeostasis with relevance to multiple malignancies and inflammatory conditions.

Sources cited
1
SLC35E3 knockdown decreased glucuronosyltransferase activity in HEK/UGT1A1 cells but not in HepaRG cells; primary role in UDPGA transport attributed to SLC35B1
PMID: 32179043
2
SLC35E3 is a target of miRNA novel-m1061-5p in cardiovascular disease and is associated with carbohydrate derivative transport; defective glyco-conjugation in Golgi/ER implicated
PMID: 29393345
3
SLC35E3 shows genomic amplification and overexpression in glioblastoma multiforme tumors and xenografts
PMID: 19139420
4
SLC35E3 is co-amplified with MDM2 and CPM in intimal sarcomas
PMID: 41853258
5
Enriched coding variants in SLC35E3 identified as candidate association signals for inflammatory bowel disease risk in French-Canadian founder population
PMID: 40791678
Disease Associationsⓘ20
neurodegenerative diseaseOpen Targets
0.34Weak
breast carcinomaOpen Targets
0.29Weak
uterine fibroidOpen Targets
0.24Weak
Uterine leiomyomaOpen Targets
0.02Suggestive
cardiovascular diseaseOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
urinary bladder carcinomaOpen Targets
0.01Suggestive
dedifferentiated liposarcomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
liposarcomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cardiac hypertrophyOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cerebral creatine deficiency syndromeOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
esophageal squamous cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
juvenile idiopathic arthritisOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
cervical cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
gastric cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
glioma susceptibility 1Open Targets
0.00Suggestive
lung cancerOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
ovarian serous cystadenocarcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
sarcomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
uterine corpus endometrial carcinomaOpen Targets
0.00Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
C15orf40Protein interaction78%NUP107Protein interaction75%SLC35A5Shared pathway50%SLC35A4Shared pathway40%SLC35A2Shared pathway40%SLC35A3Shared pathway40%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Liver
66%
Lung
53%
Ovary
48%
Heart
44%
Bone Marrow
41%
Gene Interaction Network
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SLC35E3C15orf40NUP107SLC35A5SLC35A4SLC35A2SLC35A3
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q7Z769
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.27LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.87 [0.61–1.27]
RankingsWhere SLC35E3 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #15,994of 20,598
    Most Researched14
  • #13,361of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.27
Genes detectedSLC35E3
Sources retrieved6 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
SLC35B1 significantly contributes to the uptake of UDPGA into the endoplasmic reticulum for glucuronidation catalyzed by UDP-glucuronosyltransferases.
PMID: 32179043
Biochem Pharmacol · 2020
1.00
2
SLC35E3 identified as a target of novel‑m1061‑5p via microRNA profiling of patients with cardiovascular disease.
PMID: 29393345
Mol Med Rep · 2018
0.83
3
Comparative analyses of gene copy number and mRNA expression in glioblastoma multiforme tumors and xenografts.
PMID: 19139420
Neuro Oncol · 2009
0.67
4
Frequency enrichment of coding variants in a French-Canadian founder population and its implication for inflammatory bowel diseases.
PMID: 40791678
medRxiv · 2025
0.50
5
Identification of epigenetic interactions between miRNA and DNA methylation associated with gene expression as potential prognostic markers in bladder cancer.
PMID: 28589857
BMC Med Genomics · 2017
0.33