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Defects in Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) trafficking and function cause glucose-galactose malabsorption.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 1996
Martín M G, Turk E, Lostao M P, Kerner C, Wright E M
Abstract excerpt
Cotransporters harness ion gradients to drive 'active' transport of substrates into cells, for example, the Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1) couples sugar transport to Na+ gradients across the intestinal brush border. Glucose-Galactose Malabsorption (GGM) is caused by a defect in SGLT1. The phenotype is neonatal onset of diarrhea that results in death unless these sugars are removed from the diet. Previously we...
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