SLC4: The bicarbonate transporter family

Human
gene
name

Protein name

Aliases

Predominant substrates

Transport type*

Tissue distribution and cellular/subcellular expression

Link to
disease

Human gene locus

Sequence
Accession
ID

Splice Variants and their specific features

SLC4A1

AE1

Band 3

Chloride Bicarbonate

E

Erythrocytes, intercalated cells of renal collecting duct, heart and colon

Hemolytic anemia, distal renal tubular acidosis

17q21–q22

NM_000342

2

SLC4A1AP   kanadaptin         2p23.3    

SLC4A2

AE2

 

Chloride Bicarbonate

E

Widely distributed; basolateral in most epithelial cells

 

7q35–36

NM_003040

5

SLC4A3

AE3

 

Chloride Bicarbonate

E

Brain, retina, heart and smooth muscle. Also epithelial cells of kidney and GI tract

 

2q36

NM_005070

³ 2

SLC4A4

NBCe1

NBC,

NBC1

Sodium Bicarbonate (and/or Carbonate)

C

NBCe1-A: renal proximal tubule, eye

NBCe1-B: widely distributed, pancreas, heart, eye.

NBCe1-C: brain

Severe proximal renal tubular acidosis, ocular abnormalities, short stature

4q21

 NM_003759

 

SLC4A5

NBCe2

NBC4

Sodium Bicarbonate (and/or Carbonate)

C

  Liver, Testes, Spleen

2p13

 NM_133478

 ³ 1

SLC4A6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 -

 -

SLC4A7

NBCn1

NBC2,

NBC3

Sodium Bicarbonate

C

   Widely distributed: spleen, testes, brain, heart, lung, river.

Blindness, Auditory Impairment

3p22

  NM_003615

 ³ 3

SLC4A7OS  

bcm2841

        3p24.1    

SLC4A8

NBCBE kNBC3 Sodium bicarbonate, chloride C and E Brain, testes, and ovary   12q13

NM_004858

2

SLC4A9

- AE4 Inconclusive ? At least kidney   5q31

NM_031467

1
SLC4A10 - NBCE Inconclusive ? Brain   2q23-q24 NM_022058 2
SLC4A11 NaBC1 BTR1 Borate (B(OH)4-), Na+, OH- C/Na+ Kidney, salivary gland, testis, thyroid, trachea   20p12

NM_032034

1



References:

Original version of the SLC table:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14722772&dopt=Abstract.