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Direct endosomal acidification by the outwardly rectifying CLC-5 Cl(-)/H(+) exchanger.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Jun 2010
Smith Andrew J, Lippiat Jonathan D
Abstract excerpt
The voltage-gated Cl(-) channel (CLC) family comprises cell surface Cl(-) channels and intracellular Cl(-)/H(+) exchangers. CLCs in organelle membranes are thought to assist acidification by providing a passive chloride conductance that electrically counterbalances H(+) accumulation. Following recent descriptions of Cl(-)/H(+) exchange activity in endosomal CLCs we have re-evaluated their role. We expressed human...
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