A DNA sequence encoding the human SLC3A2(Arg206-Ala630) was fused with the N-terminal His Tag

SLC3A2

Apical cell membrane . Cell membrane ; Single-pass type II membrane protein . Cell junction . Lysosome membrane . Melanosome . Localized at the plasma membrane when associated with SLC7A5/LAT1 or SLC7A8/LAT2 (PubMed:9751058, PubMed:11311135). Localized to the apical membrane of placental syncytiotrophoblastic cells (PubMed:11742812). Recruited to lysosomes by LAPTM4B (PubMed:25998567). Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV (PubMed:17081065). Located selectively at cell-cell adhesion sites (By similarity). Colocalized with SLC7A8/LAT2 at the basolateral membrane of kidney proximal tubules and small intestine epithelia. Expressed in both luminal and abluminal membranes of brain capillary endothelial cells (By similarity). .