Anti-Pasta antibodies enable researchers to detect and measure the Pasta antigen in biological samples. This target is a reported synonym of the SLC45A1 gene, which encodes solute carrier family 45 member 1. This protein is known to function in carbohydrate metabolism and homeostasis, among other biological roles. The human version of Pasta has a canonical amino acid length of 782 residues and a protein mass of 84.5 kilodaltons. It is reported to be localized in the membrane of cells and notably expressed in the hippocampus, fallopian tube, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, and caudate. Pasta is a member of the Glycoside-pentoside-hexuronide (GPH) cation symporter transporter (TC 2.A.2) protein family.