Sodium-proton antiporter

Na+/H+ antiporter 1
Identifiers
Symbol Na_H_antiport_1
Pfam PF06965
InterPro IPR004670
TCDB 2.A.36
OPM superfamily 346
OPM protein 1zcd

Sodium/proton antiporters are essential secondary-active transporters for sodium and pH homeostasis. In human cells, defects in sodium/proton antiport result in heart or kidney failure and other serious diseases.[1][2]

Families

There are several families of Sodium:Proton antiporters (belonging to several superfamiles) that facilitate the exchange of sodium ions with protons across the lipid membrane. Some of these protein families include:[3]

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro IPR004670

  1. Paulino, Cristina; Kühlbrandt, Werner (2014-01-28). "pH- and sodium-induced changes in a sodium/proton antiporter". eLife 3. doi:10.7554/elife.01412.
  2. Padan, E.; Venturi, M.; Gerchman, Y.; Dover, N. (2001-05-01). "Na(+)/H(+) antiporters". Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 1505 (1): 144–157. ISSN 0006-3002. PMID 11248196.
  3. "TCDB » HOME". Transporter Classification Database. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
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