Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 1, an alias of the protein, solute carrier family 17 member 7. The official gene symbol is SLC17A7. The protein has a mass of 61.6 kDa and length of 560 residues. It is a member of the Major facilitator superfamily, Sodium/anion cotransporter family, VGLUT subfamily and may be known by other names, including: VGLUT1, BNPI, solute carrier family 17 (sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter) member 7, brain-specific Na-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter, and vesicular glutamate transporter 1.