This gene encodes a kidney-specific sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter that is expressed on the luminal membrane of renal epithelial cells of the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop and the macula densa. It plays a key role in concentrating urine and accounts for most of the NaCl resorption. It is sensitive to such diuretics as furosemide and bumetanide. Some Bartter-like syndromes result from defects in this gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. Additional splice variants have been described but their biological validity in humans has not been experimentally proven.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Gscore (Amp):
0.00
Gscore (Del):
0.00
Overall distribution
Tissue specific distribution
Mscore:
0.00
Overall
Tissue specific
Total fusion occurrence:
3
Fusions detected in 2 cancer type(s)
Overall
Tissue specific
Functional class:
Transporter
JensenLab PubMed score:
226.30 (Percentile rank: 83.15%)
PubTator score:
293.89 (Percentile rank: 89.50%)
Target development/druggability level:
TclinThese targets have activities in DrugCentral (ie. approved drugs) with known mechanism of action.
Tractability (small molecule):
Clinical PrecedenceTargets with drugs in phase II or above; Pre-clinical targets
Tractability (antibody):
Predicted Tractable - High confidenceTargets located in the plasma membrane; Targets with GO cell component terms plasma membrane or secreted
