GLUT4 (glucose transporter)

GLUT4 is a sugar door on your muscle and fat cells. Insulin tells it to open after you eat.

Fun fact

When you work out, GLUT4 doors can open without help from insulin.

Words to know

channel
cell
hormone

NGSS alignment

MS-LS1-3Body as a system
MS-LS1-7Food, energy, and growth

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P14672. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P14672.

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