SLC38A7 and cancer: Figure 2 only depicts transporters that are found in a large variety of cancer cell lines, thus forming a minimal set of amino acid transporters to sustain cell growth. Notably, cancer cells have very low levels of glutamate transporters, relying instead on glutamine import and glutaminase activity to generate glutamate. Similarly, many cancer cells rely on the neutral amino acid citrulline to generate arginine (Figure 3), which in turn requires aspartate generated by glutaminolysis.