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Designing an IHC experiment for SLC5A5? The guide has the expected staining pattern, antigen retrieval and fixation, antibodies backed by real IHC images, the tissue controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the SLC5A5 IHC GuideFacts about Sodium/iodide cotransporter.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | SLC5A5 |
| Uniprot: | Q92911 |
| Entrez: | 6528 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| sodium:solute symporter (SSF) (TC 2.A.21) family |

Na(+)/I(-) cotransporter; Na(+)/I(-) symporter; NIS; NISNa(+)/I(-)-symporter; SLC5A5; sodium/iodide cotransporter; Sodium-iodide symporter; solute carrier family 5 (sodium iodide symporter), member 5; Solute carrier family 5 member 5; TDH1
Mass (kDA):
68.666 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19p13.11 |
| Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (17871394..17895175) |
Expression is primarily in thyroid tissue, but also to a lower extent in mammary gland and ovary. Expression is reduced in tumors.
Membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 8806637 by Smanik P.A., et al. Cloning of the human sodium iodide symporter.
PMID: 9329364 by Saito T., et al. Increased expression of the Na+/I- symporter in cultured human thyroid cells exposed to thyrotropin and in Graves' thyroid tissue.