Involved in pH regulation to eliminate acids generated by active metabolism or to counter adverse environmental conditions. Major proton extruding system driven by the inward sodium ion chemical gradient. Plays an important role in signal transduction (By similarity).
Catalysis of the transfer of a solute or solutes from one side of a membrane to the other according to the reaction: Na+(out) + H+(in) = Na+(in) + H+(out).
The directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, or within a multicellular organism by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore.
J. Biol. Chem. 274, 4377-4382 (1999)[PubMed:9933641]
To isolate a cDNA encoding Na+/H+ exchanger isoform 5 (NHE5), we screened a human spleen library using exon sequences of the NHE5 gene. Clones spanning 2.9 kilobase pairs were isolated; however, they contained several introns and were missing coding sequences at both the 5' and 3' ends. The missing 5' sequences were obtained by 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends and by analysis of an NHE5 genomic clone, and the missing 3' sequences were obtained by 3'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of brain cDNA yielded products in which each of the introns had been correctly excised, whereas the introns were retained in products from spleen and testis, suggesting that the NHE5 transcripts expressed in these organs do not encode a functional transporter. The intron/exon organization of the NHE5 gene was analyzed and found to be very similar to that of the NHE3 gene. The NHE5 cDNA, which encodes an 896-amino acid protein that is most closely related to NHE3, was expressed in Na+/H+ exchanger-deficient fibroblasts and shown to mediate Na+/H+ exchange activity. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that the mRNA encoding NHE5 is expressed in multiple regions of the brain, including hippocampus, consistent with the possibility that it regulates intracellular pH in hippocampal and other neurons.
Protein involved in the transport of a solute across a biological membrane coupled, directly, to the transport of a different solute in the opposite direction.
Protein involved in the transport of ions. Such proteins are usually transmembrane and mediate a movement of ions across cell membranes. Transport may be passive (facilitated diffusion; down the electrochemical gradient), or active (against the electrochemical gradient). Active transport requires energy which may come from light, oxidation reactions, ATP hydrolysis, or cotransport of other ions or molecules.
Protein involved in the movement of sodium ions across energy- transducing cell membranes. Primary active sodium transport is coupled to an energy-yielding chemical reaction such as ATP hydrolysis. Secondary active transport utilizes the voltage and ion gradients produced by the primary transport to drive the cotransport of other ions or molecules. These may be transported in the same (symport) or opposite (antiport) direction.
Protein involved in the transport of a molecule (metabolite, protein, etc), a ion or an electron across cell membranes, inside the cell or in a tissue fluid.
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