SLC26A5 Products

Description

SLC26A5 is a member of the SLC26A/SulP transporter family. It encodes a protein that is specifically expressed in outer hair cells (OHCs) of the cochlea and is essential in auditory processing. Intracellular anions are thought to act as extrinsic voltage sensors, which bind to this protein and trigger the conformational changes required for rapid length changes in OHCs. Mutations in this gene have been associated with non-syndromic hearing loss. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding different isoforms, have been characterized.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	375611 Human
Uniprot	AAI00836.1 Human NP_945350 Human NP_945350.1 Human P58743 Human
Product By Gene ID	375611
Alternate Names	DFNB61PRESprestin (motor protein) MGC118886 MGC118887 MGC118888 MGC118889 prestin Solute carrier family 26 member 5 solute carrier family 26, member 5 (prestin)