Sodium-hydrogen antiporter

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solute carrier family 9 (sodium/hydrogen exchanger), member 3
Identifiers
Symbol SLC9A3
Alt. Symbols NHE3
Entrez 6550
HUGO 11073
OMIM 182307
RefSeq NM_004174
UniProt P48764
Other data
Locus Chr. 5 p15.3

The sodium-hydrogen antiporter or sodium-hydrogen exchanger is a protein found in the nephron of the kidney. It is primarily responsible for maintaining the balance of sodium.[1]

[edit] Isoforms

There are several isoforms of the antiporter:

[edit] References

  1. ^ VI. Mechanisms of Salt & Water Reabsorption

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