Sodium-chloride symporter

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solute carrier family 12 (sodium/chloride transporters), member 3
Identifiers
Symbol SLC12A3
Entrez 6559
HUGO 10912
OMIM 600968
RefSeq NM_000339
UniProt P55017
Other data
Locus Chr. 16 q13

The sodium-chloride symporter is a symporter ion pump used primarily to remove sodium and chloride ions from the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney. It is encoded by the gene SLC12A3.

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A deficiency in the pump is associated with Gitelman syndrome.

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