DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating SLC9A8 and band keratopathy

SLC9A8 [ENSP00000416418]

Sodium/hydrogen exchanger 8; 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. ; Belongs to the monovalent cation:proton antiporter 1 (CPA1) transporter (TC 2.A.36) family.

Synonyms:  SLC9A8,  SLC9A8p,  hSLC9A8,  Q9Y2E8,  Q9Y2E8p ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt