Cyclebase 3.0

Cell-cycle regulation database

NRT1 [YOR071C]

High-affinity nicotinamide riboside transporter; also transports thiamine with low affinity; major transporter for 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside (acadesine) uptake; shares sequence similarity with Thi7p and Thi72p; proposed to be involved in 5-fluorocytosine sensitivity; Belongs to the purine-cytosine permease (2.A.39) family.

Synonyms:  NRT1,  NRT1p,  Q08485,  Q08485p,  THI71 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  UniProt