GLUT5

solute carrier family 2 (facilitated glucose/fructose transporter), member 5
Identifiers
Symbol	SLC2A5
Entrez	6518
HUGO	SLC2A5
OMIM	138230
RefSeq	NM_003039
UniProt	P22732
Other data
Locus	Chr. 1 p36.2

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

GLUT5 is a fructose transporter.

Fructose malabsorption or Dietary Fructose Intolerance is a dietary disability of the small intestine, where the amount of fructose carrier in enterocytes is deficient.

External links

• GLUT5+Protein at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)