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ClC-7 requires Ostm1 as a beta-subunit to support bone resorption and lysosomal function.
Nature - 9 Mar 2006
Lange Philipp F, Wartosch Lena, Jentsch Thomas J, Fuhrmann Jens C
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in ClC-7, a late endosomal/lysosomal member of the CLC family of chloride channels and transporters, cause osteopetrosis and lysosomal storage disease in humans and mice. Severe osteopetrosis is also observed with mutations in the OSTM1 gene, which encodes a membrane protein of unknown...
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