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RHBG

Rh family, B glycoprotein, also known as RHBG, is an ammonia transporter protein which in humans is encoded by the RHBG gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

RHBG and RHCG are non-erythroid members of the Rhesus (Rh) protein family that are mainly expressed in the kidney and belong to the methylammonium-ammonium permease/ammonia transporters superfamily. Rh family proteins are all predicted to be transmembrane proteins with 12 membrane spanning domains and intracytoplasmic N- and C-termini.[1]

References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “Entrez Gene: RHBG Rh family, B glycoprotein”.
  2. Liu Z, Peng J, Mo R, Hui C, Huang CH (January 2001). “Rh type B glycoprotein is a new member of the Rh superfamily and a putative ammonia transporter in mammals”. J. Biol. Chem. 276 (2): 1424–33. doi:10.1074/jbc.M007528200. PMID 11024028.
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Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.


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