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solute carrier family 12 (sodium/chloride transporters), member 3
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| 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.
Pathology
A deficiency in the pump is associated with Gitelman syndrome.
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