Rabbit anti-Human SLC12A5 Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

Q9H2X9

Target Species

Human

Target Name

SLC12A5

Target Full Name

Solute carrier family 12 member 5

Target Function

Mediates electroneutral potassium-chloride cotransport in mature neurons and is required for neuronal Cl(-) homeostasis. As major extruder of intracellular chloride, it establishes the low neuronal Cl(-) levels required for chloride influx after binding of GABA-A and glycine to their receptors, with subsequent hyperpolarization and neuronal inhibition. Involved in the regulation of dendritic spine formation and maturation.

Target Involvement

Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 34 (EIEE34); Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized 14 (EIG14)

Target Subcellular Location

Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.

Target Protein Families

SLC12A transporter family

Target Tissue Specificity

Brain specific. Detected in neuronal cells.

Target Synonyms

Electroneutral potassium chloride cotransporter 2; Electroneutral potassium-chloride cotransporter 2; Erythroid K Cl cotransporter 2; Furosemide sensitive K Cl cotransporter; hKCC2; K-Cl cotransporter 2; KCC 2; KCC2; KIAA1176; Neuronal K Cl cotransporter; Neuronal K-Cl cotransporter; Potassium Chloride Cotransporter; Potassium chloride transporter 5; rKCC2; S12A5; S12A5_HUMAN; SLC12A5; Solute carrier family 12 (potassium chloride transporter) member 5; Solute carrier family 12 member 5

Target Background

K-Cl cotransporters are proteins that lower intracellular chloride concentrations below the electrochemical equilibrium potential. The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane K-Cl cotransporter that can function in either a net efflux or influx pathway, depending on the chemical concentration gradients of potassium and chloride. The encoded protein can act as a homomultimer, or as a heteromultimer with other K-Cl cotransporters, to maintain chloride homeostasis in neurons. Alternative splicing results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.