SLC24A6 belongs to a family of potassium-dependent sodium/calcium exchangers that maintain cellular calcium homeostasis through the electrogenic countertransport of 4 sodium ions for 1 calcium ion and 1 potassium ion (Cai and Lytton, 2004 [PubMed 14625281]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Alternative Names
Na(+)/K(+)/Ca(2+)-exchange protein 6 NCLX s-NCLX sodium/calcium exchanger protein mitochondrial sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger 6 mitochondrial solute carrier family 24 (sodium/lithium/calcium exchanger) member 6 solute carrier family 24 (sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger) member 6 solute carrier family 24 member 6 solute carrier family 8 (sodium/lithium/calcium exchanger) member B1 solute carrier family 8 member B1