Sodium/phosphate cotransporter


The sodium/phosphate cotransporter is a member of the phosphate:Na+ symporter family within the TOG Superfamily of transport proteins as specified in the Transporter Classification Database.

Nomenclature

Sodium/phosphate cotransporters are also known as:
  • Na+-Pi cotransport proteins
  • Sodium-dependent phosphate transporters
  • Sodium-dependent phosphate symporters
  • Phosphate:Na+ symporters

PNaS family

The Phosphate:Na+ Symporter family includes several closely related, functionally characterized, sodium-dependent, inorganic phosphate transporter proteins from mammals. Other organisms that possess PNaS family members include many in eukaryotic, bacterial and archaeal phyla. Bacterial sodium:phosphate symporters, NptA of Vibrio cholerae and YjbB of E. coli have been functionally characterized.
The well-characterized mammalian proteins are found in renal and intestinal brush border membranes and are about 640 amino acyl residues long with 8-12 putative TMSs. The N- and C-termini both reside in the cytoplasm, and a large hydrophilic loop is localized between trans-membrane segments 3 and 4. While IIa isoforms are pH-dependent, IIb isoforms are pH-independent. The IIa sodium phosphate symporter isoform is a functional monomer, but it interacts with PDZ proteins which probably mediate apical sorting, parathyroid hormone-controlled endocytosis and/or lysosomal sorting of internalized transporters.

Transport reaction

The transport reaction catalyzed by the mammalian proteins is:

Human PNaS proteins

There are several known sodium-dependent phosphate transporters found in humans. For example, the protein 2A is encoded by the solute carrier family 34, member 1 gene and facilitates uptake of phosphate for normal cellular functions including cellular metabolism, signal transduction, and nucleic acid and lipid synthesis. The PNaS family is also called the SLC34 family.
Other known sodium-dependent phosphate transporters found in humans include :

PNaS Proteins in Other Groups

Teleost Fish

Due to the Actinopterygian whole genome duplication event, slc34a1 and slc34a2 are present in a duplicated form in many teleost fish - slc34a1a and slc34a1b, slc34a2a and slc34a2b. This is not uniform and slc341b is frequently lost in some Actinopterygian lineages. slc34a3-type genes are not present''.''

Antibody

Lifastuzumab vedotin is a monoclonal antibody for the sodium/phosphate cotransporter that is under development for the treatment of cancer.