About Monocarboxylate transporter 3
Monocarboxylate transporter 3 (SLC16A8) is a protein
from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession
O95907, 504 residues long.
MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and
33 disease associations.
Target properties
| Protein name | Monocarboxylate transporter 3 |
| UniProt accession | O95907 |
| Gene | SLC16A8 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Length | 504 residues |
| Molecular weight | — |
| EC numbers | — |
| Target class | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Subcellular location | — |
| Keywords | — |
Druggability
Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug
| Druggability tier | MEDIUM |
| Druggability score | — |
| Pocket score | — |
| Max clinical phase | — |
Disease associations (33)
Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).
- age-related macular degeneration · score 0.29
- white matter microstructure measurement · score 0.25
- glioblastoma multiforme · score 0.23
- central nervous system cancer · score 0.23
- atrophic macular degeneration · score 0.21
- wet macular degeneration · score 0.21
- breast adenocarcinoma · score 0.18
- head and neck squamous cell carcinoma · score 0.11
- blood protein measurement · score 0.08
- hearing loss · score 0.08
3D Structure (1)
Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
| AF-O95907-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 77.08 | — |
Amino-acid sequence (504 residues)
MGAGGPRRGE GPPDGGWGWV VLGACFVVTG FAYGFPKAVS VFFRALMRDF DAGYSDTAWV SSIMLAMLYG TGPVSSILVT RFGCRPVMLA GGLLASAGMI LASFATRLLE LYLTAGVLTG LGLALNFQPS LIMLGLYFER RRPLANGLAA AGSPVFLSAL SPLGQQLLER FGWRGGFLLL GGLLLHCCAC GAVMRPPPGP GPRPRRDSAG DRAGDAPGEA EADGAGLQLR EASPRVRPRR RLLDLAVCTD RAFAVYAVTK FLMALGLFVP AILLVNYAKD AGVPDTDAAF LLSIVGFVDI VARPACGALA GLARLRPHVP YLFSLALLAN GLTDLSSARA RSYGALVAFC VAFGLSYGMV GALQFEVLMA AVGAPRFPSA LGLVLLVEAA AVLIGPPSAG RLVDVLKNYE IIFYLAGSEV ALAGVFMAVA TNCCLRCAKA APSGPGTEGG ASDTEDAEAE GDSEPLPVVA EEPGNLEALE VLSARGEPTE PEIEARPRLA AESV
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