Monocarboxylate transporter 6

{{Short description|Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens}}

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Monocarboxylate transporter 6 (MCT6) is a protein in humans that is encoded by the SLC16A5 gene.{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: Solute carrier family 16, member 5 (monocarboxylic acid transporter 6) | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=retrieve&list_uids=9121 }}

This gene encodes a member of the monocarboxylate transporter family and the major facilitator superfamily. The encoded protein is localized to the cell membrane and acts as a proton-linked transporter of bumetanide. Transport by the encoded protein is inhibited by four loop diuretics, nateglinide, thiazides, probenecid, and glibenclamide. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2012].