Sodium/iodide cotransporter
BE0009346ProteinHumansSLC5A5
Sodium:iodide symporter that mediates the transport of iodide into the thyroid gland (PubMed:12488351, PubMed:18372236, PubMed:18708479, PubMed:20797386, PubMed:31310151, PubMed:32084174, PubMed:8806637, PubMed:9329364). It is acted on by 7 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- SLC5A5
- UniProtKB entry
- Q92911Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cell membrane
- Residues / weight
- 643 residues · 68,666 Da
- Also known as
- Na(+)/I(-) cotransporter · Na(+)/I(-) symporter · Natrium iodide transporter · NIS · Sodium-iodide symporter
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Sodium/iodide cotransporter, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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