Definition: A family of highly conserved and widely expressed sodium-phosphate cotransporter proteins. They are electrogenic sodium-dependent transporters of phosphate that were originally identified as retroviral receptors in HUMANS and have been described in yeast and many other organisms.
Other names Type III Sodium Phosphate Symporter Proteins; Type III Sodium Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; Type III Na Dependent Phosphate Cotransporter; Transporter Proteins, GLVR1; Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter, Pit2; Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter, Pit1; Sodium Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type III; Receptor, Ram-1; Pit2 Sodium Phosphate Cotransporter; Pit2 Sodium Dependent Phosphate Symporter; Pit1 Sodium Phosphate Cotransporter; Pit1 Sodium Dependent Phosphate Symporter; Ram 1 Receptor; MuLV Receptor, Amphotropic; GLVR 2 Receptor; Cotransporter, Pit2 Sodium-Phosphate; Cotransporter, Pit1 Sodium-Phosphate; Amphoteric Virus Receptor GLVR 2; Type III Sodium-Phosphate Symporter Proteins; Type III Na-Dependent Phosphate Cotransporter