FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as B3AT_HUMAN, SLC4A1, AE1, DI, EPB3. Functions both as a transporter that mediates electroneutral anion exchange across the cell membrane and as a structural protein. Major integral membrane glycoprotein of the erythrocyte membrane; required for normal flexibility and stability of the erythrocyte membrane and for normal erythrocyte shape via the interactions of its cytoplasmic domain with cytoskeletal proteins, glycolytic enzymes, and hemoglobin. Functions as a transporter that mediates the 1:1 exchange of inorganic anions across the erythrocyte membrane. Mediates chloride-bicarbonate exchange in the kidney, and is required for normal acidification of the urine. A dimer in solution, but in its membrane environment, it exists primarily as a mixture of dimers and tetramers and spans the membrane asymmetrically. Interacts (via cytoplasmic N-terminal domain) with ANK1 (via N-terminal ANK repeats); tetramer formation is critical for ankyrin association. Interacts with STOM. Isoform 2 interacts with TM139 (PubMed:26049106).

EXTERNAL LINKS

SLC4A1

Band 3 anion transport protein

SLC4A1

Molecular Synopsis