Protein Name solute carrier family 5 member 5
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 114613
Gene Symbol

Slc5a5

UniProt Q63008 (SC5A5_RAT), F1LR66 (F1LR66_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 72
Total Number of Articles : 81
Description

solute carrier family 5 member 5

Gene Summary

Enables sodium:iodide symporter activity. Involved in iodide transmembrane transport and sodium ion transport. Is active in plasma membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital hypothyroidism and thyroid dyshormonogenesis 1. Orthologous to human SLC5A5 (solute carrier family 5 member 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • sodium/iodide cotransporter
  • Na(+)/I(-) cotransporter
  • Na(+)/I(-) symporter
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Properties