EAAT1 Antibody / Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 / GLAST

Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (EAAT1), also called GLAST, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the SLC1A3 gene. It is mapped to 5p13.2. This gene encodes a member of a member of a high affinity glutamate transporter family. This gene functions in the termination of excitatory neurotransmission in central nervous system. Mutations are associated with episodic ataxia, Type 6. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.