Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (SLC18A3)

Homo sapiens — UniProt Q16572

Gene: SLC18A3Homo sapiensSwissProt reviewed

About Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (SLC18A3) is a protein from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession Q16572, 532 residues long. MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and 186 disease associations.

Target properties

Protein nameVesicular acetylcholine transporter
UniProt accessionQ16572
GeneSLC18A3
OrganismHomo sapiens
Length532 residues
Molecular weight—
EC numbers—
Target classUNCLASSIFIED
Subcellular location—
Keywords—

Druggability

Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug

Druggability tierMEDIUM
Druggability score—
Pocket score—
Max clinical phase—

Disease associations (186)

Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).

  • Congenital myasthenic syndromes · score 0.62
  • Presynaptic congenital myasthenic syndromes · score 0.50
  • neurodegenerative disease · score 0.37
  • fetal akinesia deformation sequence · score 0.37
  • glioblastoma multiforme · score 0.23
  • genetic disorder · score 0.19
  • arthrogryposis · score 0.19
  • lung adenocarcinoma · score 0.18
  • cutaneous melanoma · score 0.13
  • squamous cell lung carcinoma · score 0.12

3D Structure (1)

Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.

StructureSourceMethodMean pLDDTResolution (Å)
AF-Q16572-F1alphafoldPREDICTED76.20—

Amino-acid sequence (532 residues)

MESAEPAGQA RAAATKLSEA VGAALQEPRR QRRLVLVIVC VALLLDNMLY MVIVPIVPDY IAHMRGGGEG PTRTPEVWEP TLPLPTPANA SAYTANTSAS PTAAWPAGSA LRPRYPTESE DVKIGVLFAS KAILQLLVNP LSGPFIDRMS YDVPLLIGLG VMFASTVLFA FAEDYATLFA ARSLQGLGSA FADTSGIAMI ADKYPEEPER SRALGVALAF ISFGSLVAPP FGGILYEFAG KRVPFLVLAA VSLFDALLLL AVAKPFSAAA RARANLPVGT PIHRLMLDPY IAVVAGALTT CNIPLAFLEP TIATWMKHTM AASEWEMGMA WLPAFVPHVL GVYLTVRLAA RYPHLQWLYG ALGLAVIGAS SCIVPACRSF APLVVSLCGL CFGIALVDTA LLPTLAFLVD VRHVSVYGSV YAIADISYSV AYALGPIVAG HIVHSLGFEQ LSLGMGLANL LYAPVLLLLR NVGLLTRSRS ERDVLLDEPP QGLYDAVRLR ERPVSGQDGE PRSPPGPFDA CEDDYNYYYT RS

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Quick facts

UniProtQ16572
GeneSLC18A3
OrganismHomo sapiens
Length532
Binders0
Diseases186
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