The protein encoded by this gene is a sodium-phosphate symporter that absorbs phosphate from interstitial fluid for use in cellular functions such as metabolism, signal transduction, and nucleic acid and lipid synthesis. The encoded protein is also a retroviral receptor, causing human cells to be susceptible to infection by gibbon ape leukemia virus, simian sarcoma-associated virus, feline leukemia virus subgroup B, and 10A1 murine leukemia virus.[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011]
Alternative Names
DKFZp686J2397 FLJ41426 gibbon ape leukemia virus receptor 1 leukemia virus receptor 1 homolog phosphate transporter 1 piT-1 solute carrier family 20 (phosphate transporter) member 1