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Descriptor English: Amino Acid Transport Systems
Descriptor Spanish: Sistemas de Transporte de Aminoácidos
Descriptor sistemas de transporte de aminoácidos
Entry term(s) permeasas de aminoácidos
sistemas transportadores de aminoácidos
transportadores de aminoácidos
Scope note: Proteínas celulares y complejos proteínicos que transportan aminoácidos a través de las membranas biológicas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sistemas de Transporte de Aminoácidos
Descriptor French: Systèmes de transport d'acides aminés
Entry term(s): Amino Acid Permease
Amino Acid Permeases
Amino Acid Transporter
Amino Acid Transporters
Permease, Amino Acid
Permeases, Amino Acid
Transporters, Amino Acid
Tree number(s): D12.776.157.530.200
D12.776.543.585.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D026905
Scope note: Cellular proteins and protein complexes that transport amino acids across biological membranes.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DE drug effects
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UL ultrastructure
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Carrier Proteins (1987-2001)
Permeases (1981-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002; AMINO ACID PERMEASE was indexed under PERMEASES 1981-2001; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER was indexed under CARRIER PROTEINS 1987-2001
History Note: 2002; for AMINO ACID PERMEASE use AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (NM) 1981-2001; for AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER use AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (NM) 1987-2001
DeCS ID: 36148
Unique ID: D026905
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Amino Acid Transport Systems - Preferred
Concept UI M0151519
Scope note Cellular proteins and protein complexes that transport amino acids across biological membranes.
Preferred term Amino Acid Transport Systems
Entry term(s) Amino Acid Transporter
Amino Acid Transporters
Transporters, Amino Acid
Amino Acid Permeases - Narrower
Concept UI M0099794
Scope note Amino acid transporters found in yeasts, plants and lower organisms. However, the distinction between the terms permease and transporter has not been consistently maintained in the literature.
Preferred term Amino Acid Permeases
Entry term(s) Amino Acid Permease
Permease, Amino Acid
Permeases, Amino Acid



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