Solute carriers (SLC) are membrane proteins that facilitate the transportation of ions and metabolites across either the plasma membrane or the membrane of intracellular organelles. With more than 450 human genes annotated as SLCs, many of them are still orphan transporters without known biochemical functions. We developed a metabolomic-transcriptomic association analysis, and we found that the expression of SLC45A4 has a strong positive correlation with the cellular level of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Using mass spectrometry and the stable isotope tracing approach, we demonstrated that SLC45A4 promotes GABA synthesis through the Arginine/Ornithine/Putrescine (AOP) pathway. SLC45A4 functions as a putrescine transporter localized to the mitochondrial membrane to facilitate GABA production. Taken together, our results revealed a new biochemical mechanism where SLC45A4 controls GABA production.
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