8hrx

Structural highlights

Disease

NTCP_HUMAN The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.

Function

NTCP_HUMAN As a major transporter of conjugated bile salts from plasma into the hepatocyte, it has a key role in the enterohepatic circulation of bile salts necessary for the solubilization and absorption of dietary fat and fat-soluble vitamins. It exhibits broad substrate specificity and transports various non-bile acid organic compounds as well. It is strictly dependent on the extracellular presence of sodium. Able to transport taurocholate, cholate, and the non-bile acid estron sulfate (PubMed:14660639, PubMed:24867799).^{[1] [2]} (Microbial infection) Acts as a receptor for hepatitis B virus.^[3]

References

1. ↑ Ho RH, Leake BF, Roberts RL, Lee W, Kim RB. Ethnicity-dependent polymorphism in Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (SLC10A1) reveals a domain critical for bile acid substrate recognition. J Biol Chem. 2004 Feb 20;279(8):7213-22. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M305782200. Epub 2003, Dec 2. PMID:14660639 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M305782200
2. ↑ Vaz FM, Paulusma CC, Huidekoper H, de Ru M, Lim C, Koster J, Ho-Mok K, Bootsma AH, Groen AK, Schaap FG, Oude Elferink RP, Waterham HR, Wanders RJ. Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (SLC10A1) deficiency: conjugated hypercholanemia without a clear clinical phenotype. Hepatology. 2015 Jan;61(1):260-7. doi: 10.1002/hep.27240. Epub 2014 Aug 25. PMID:24867799 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep.27240
3. ↑ Yan H, Zhong G, Xu G, He W, Jing Z, Gao Z, Huang Y, Qi Y, Peng B, Wang H, Fu L, Song M, Chen P, Gao W, Ren B, Sun Y, Cai T, Feng X, Sui J, Li W. Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is a functional receptor for human hepatitis B and D virus. Elife. 2012 Nov 13;1:e00049. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00049. PMID:23150796 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00049