Sialin

Sialin, also known as H/nitrate cotransporter and H/sialic acid cotransporter, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC17A5 gene.

Clinical significance

A deficiency of this protein causes Salla disease. and Infantile [free sialic acid storage disease|Infantile Sialic Acid Storage Disease (ISSD)].
The gene for HP59 contains, entirely within its coding region, the Sialin Gene SLC17A5. Member 5, also known as SLC17A5 or sialin is a lysosomal membrane sialic acid transport protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC17A5 gene on Chromosome 6