Glucose Transporter Type 2 MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Glucose Transporter Type 2
Tree Number(s): D12.776.157.530.500.500.750; D12.776.157.530.937.563.750; D12.776.543.585.500.500.750; D12.776.543.585.937.625.750
Unique ID: D051273
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D051273
Scope Note: A glucose transport facilitator that is expressed primarily in PANCREATIC BETA CELLS; LIVER; and KIDNEYS. It may function as a GLUCOSE sensor to regulate INSULIN release and glucose HOMEOSTASIS.
Entry Term(s): GLUT-2 Protein; GLUT2 Protein; SLC2A2 Protein; Solute Carrier Family 2, Facilitated Glucose Transporter, Member 2 Protein
See Also: Fanconi Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 2006; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 2 was indexed under MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS 2003-2005, & under MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS 1992-2002
History Note: 2006(1992)
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2015/11/23

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
  - Carrier Proteins [D12.776.157]
    - Membrane Transport Proteins [D12.776.157.530]
      - Monosaccharide Transport Proteins [D12.776.157.530.500]
        
        Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative [D12.776.157.530.500.500]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 1 [D12.776.157.530.500.500.500]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 2 [D12.776.157.530.500.500.750]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 3 [D12.776.157.530.500.500.875]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 4 [D12.776.157.530.500.500.937]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 5 [D12.776.157.530.500.500.968]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
  - Carrier Proteins [D12.776.157]
    - Membrane Transport Proteins [D12.776.157.530]
      - Solute Carrier Proteins [D12.776.157.530.937]
        
        Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative [D12.776.157.530.937.563]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 1 [D12.776.157.530.937.563.500]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 2 [D12.776.157.530.937.563.750]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 3 [D12.776.157.530.937.563.875]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 4 [D12.776.157.530.937.563.937]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 5 [D12.776.157.530.937.563.968]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
  - Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
    - Membrane Transport Proteins [D12.776.543.585]
      - Monosaccharide Transport Proteins [D12.776.543.585.500]
        
        Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative [D12.776.543.585.500.500]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 1 [D12.776.543.585.500.500.500]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 2 [D12.776.543.585.500.500.750]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 3 [D12.776.543.585.500.500.875]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 4 [D12.776.543.585.500.500.937]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 5 [D12.776.543.585.500.500.968]

Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
- Proteins [D12.776]
  - Membrane Proteins [D12.776.543]
    - Membrane Transport Proteins [D12.776.543.585]
      - Solute Carrier Proteins [D12.776.543.585.937]
        
        Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative [D12.776.543.585.937.625]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 1 [D12.776.543.585.937.625.500]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 2 [D12.776.543.585.937.625.750]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 3 [D12.776.543.585.937.625.875]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 4 [D12.776.543.585.937.625.937]
        
        Glucose Transporter Type 5 [D12.776.543.585.937.625.968]

Glucose Transporter Type 2 Preferred

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