Description
Product Characteristics: FUNCTION: Sodium permeable non-voltage-sensitive ion channel inhibited by the diuretic amiloride. Mediates the electrodiffusion of the luminal sodium (and water, which follows osmotically) through the apical membrane of epithelial cells. Controls the reabsorption of sodium in kidney, colon, lung and sweat glands. Also plays a role in taste perception. SUBUNIT: Heterotetramer of two alpha, one beta and one gamma subunit. A delta subunit can replace the alpha subunit. Interacts with the WW domains of NEDD4, NEDD4L, WWP1 and WWP2. SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Apical cell membrane, Multi-pass membrane protein. Note: Apical membrane of epithelial cells. TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Lung and kidney.,SCNN Channels,Beta-ENaC, Nonvoltage-gated sodium channel 1 subunit beta, SCNEB, Beta-NaCH, ENaCB, ENaCbeta
Target Information: Nonvoltage-gated, amiloride-sensitive, sodium channels control fluid and electrolyte transport across epithelia in many organs. These channels are heteromeric complexes consisting of 3 subunits: alpha, beta, and gamma. This gene encodes the beta subunit, and mutations in this gene have been associated with pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1), and Liddle syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2009]