Sodium/phosphate cotransporter

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solute carrier family 34 (sodium phosphate), member 1
Identifiers
Symbol SLC34A1
Alt. Symbols NPT2, SLC17A2
Entrez 6569
HUGO 11019
OMIM 182309
RefSeq NM_003052
UniProt Q06495
Other data
Locus Chr. 5 q35

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.

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