Sodium/phosphate cotransporter
| solute carrier family 34 (sodium phosphate), member 1 | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | SLC34A1 | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | NPT2, SLC17A2 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 6569 | ||||||
| HGNC | 11019 | ||||||
| OMIM | 182309 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_003052 | ||||||
| UniProt | Q06495 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 5 q35 | ||||||
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The sodium/phosphate cotransporter (or Na+-Pi cotransport) is a protein found in the proximal tubule of the nephron. It is responsible for reabsorbing phosphate that has been filtered out at the glomerulus.
See also
External links
- Tenenhouse H (1999). "X-linked hypophosphataemia: a homologous disorder in humans and mice". Nephrol Dial Transplant. 14 (2): 333–41. PMID 10069185.
- Sodium-Phosphate+Cotransporter+Proteins at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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