Recombinant Human Sodium/bile acid cotransporter (SLC10A1), Truncated

Uniprot Id

Q14973

Target Species

Human

Target Name

SLC10A1

Target Full Name

Hepatic sodium/bile acid cotransporter

Target Function

The hepatic sodium/bile acid uptake system exhibits broad substrate specificity and transports various non-bile acid organic compounds as well. It is strictly dependent on the extracellular presence of sodium.; (Microbial infection) Acts as a receptor for hepatitis B virus.

Target Subcellular Location

Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.

Target Protein Families

Bile acid:sodium symporter (BASS) (TC 2.A.28) family

Target Research Area

Cancer

Target Synonyms

Cell growth-inhibiting gene 29 protein; GIG29; Growth inhibiting protein 29; Na / bile acid cotransporter; Na / taurocholate transport protein; Na(+)/bile acid cotransporter; Na(+)/taurocholate transport protein; Na/taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide; NTCP; NTCP_HUMAN; NTCP1; SLC10A1; Sodium/bile acid cotransporter; Sodium/taurocholate cotransporter polypeptide, hepatic; Sodium/taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide; Solute carrier family 10 (sodium/bile acid cotransporter family) member 1; Solute carrier family 10 member 1

Target Background

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the sodium/bile acid cotransporter family, which are integral membrane glycoproteins that participate in the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids. Two homologous transporters are involved in the reabsorption of bile acids; the ileal sodium/bile acid cotransporter with an apical cell localization that absorbs bile acids from the intestinal lumen, bile duct and kidney, and the liver-specific sodium/bile acid cotransporter, represented by this protein, that is found in the basolateral membranes of hepatocytes. Bile acids are the catabolic product of cholesterol metabolism, hence this protein is important for cholesterol homeostasis.