SLC8: The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger family

Human Gene

Name

Protein

Name

Aliases

Predominant Substrates

Transport type /Coupling ions

Tissue distribution and cellular/ subcellular expression

 

Human gene locus

Sequence

Accession

ID

Splice variants and their specific features

SLC8A1

NCX1

NACA

NCE

Sodium, Calcium

Exchanger/ Na+,Ca2+

Ubiquitous tissue distribution.

Plasma membrane of various cell types.

In brain mainly in neurons and their dendrites.

2p23-p22                                           

NM_021097

Exon A splice variants in excitable tissues.

Exon B splice variants in all other tissues.

SLC8A2

NCX2

 

Sodium, Calcium

Exchanger/ Na+,Ca2+

Predominantly in brain (glial cells) and skeletal muscle.

Low transcript levels in various other tissues.

19q13.3

NM_015063

No splice variants found.

SLC8A3

NCX3

 

Sodium, Calcium

Exchanger/ Na+,Ca2+

Exclusively in brain (subpopulations of neuronal cells) and skeletal muscle.

14q24.1

NM_033262

Exon A splice variants in skeletal muscle.

Exon B splice variants in skeletal muscle and brain.


References:

Original version of the SLC table:

Quednau BD, Nicoll DA, Philipson KD. The sodium/calcium exchanger family-SLC8. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):543-8.