The protein encoded by this gene is a transmembrane glycoprotein that functions as a sulfate transporter. It is localized to the mucosa of the lower intestinal tract, particularly to the apical membrane of columnar epithelium and some goblet cells, and is instrumental in chloride reuptake, aiding in the creation of an osmotic gradient for resorption of fluid from the lumen of the intestine.[7]
^Sterling D, Brown NJ, Supuran CT, Casey JR (November 2002). "The functional and physical relationship between the DRA bicarbonate transporter and carbonic anhydrase II". American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. 283 (5): C1522-9. doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00115.2002. PMID12372813.
^Alrefai WA, Wen X, Jiang W, Katz JP, Steinbrecher KA, Cohen MB, Williams IR, Dudeja PK, Wu GD (November 2007). "Molecular cloning and promoter analysis of downregulated in adenoma (DRA)". American Journal of Physiology. Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 293 (5): G923-34. doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00029.2007. PMID17761837.
Further reading
Sandal NN, Marcker KA (January 1994). "Similarities between a soybean nodulin, Neurospora crassa sulphate permease II and a putative human tumour suppressor". Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 19 (1): 19. doi:10.1016/0968-0004(94)90168-6. PMID8140616.
Taguchi T, Testa JR, Papas TS, Schweinfest C (March 1994). "Localization of a candidate colon tumor-suppressor gene (DRA) to 7q22-q31.1 by fluorescence in situ hybridization". Genomics. 20 (1): 146–7. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1148. PMID8020951.
Höglund P, Haila S, Socha J, Tomaszewski L, Saarialho-Kere U, Karjalainen-Lindsberg ML, Airola K, Holmberg C, de la Chapelle A, Kere J (November 1996). "Mutations of the Down-regulated in adenoma (DRA) gene cause congenital chloride diarrhoea". Nature Genetics. 14 (3): 316–9. doi:10.1038/ng1196-316. PMID8896562. S2CID1725926.
Byeon MK, Frankel A, Papas TS, Henderson KW, Schweinfest CW (February 1998). "Human DRA functions as a sulfate transporter in Sf9 insect cells". Protein Expression and Purification. 12 (1): 67–74. doi:10.1006/prep.1997.0809. PMID9473459.
Höglund P, Haila S, Gustavson KH, Taipale M, Hannula K, Popinska K, Holmberg C, Socha J, de la Chapelle A, Kere J (1998). "Clustering of private mutations in the congenital chloride diarrhea/down-regulated in adenoma gene". Human Mutation. 11 (4): 321–7. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)11:4<321::AID-HUMU10>3.0.CO;2-A. PMID9554749. S2CID39309679.
Antalis TM, Reeder JA, Gotley DC, Byeon MK, Walsh MD, Henderson KW, Papas TS, Schweinfest CW (August 1998). "Down-regulation of the down-regulated in adenoma (DRA) gene correlates with colon tumor progression". Clinical Cancer Research. 4 (8): 1857–63. PMID9717812.
Lohi H, Kujala M, Kerkelä E, Saarialho-Kere U, Kestilä M, Kere J (November 2000). "Mapping of five new putative anion transporter genes in human and characterization of SLC26A6, a candidate gene for pancreatic anion exchanger". Genomics. 70 (1): 102–12. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6355. PMID11087667.
Lamprecht G, Heil A, Baisch S, Lin-Wu E, Yun CC, Kalbacher H, Gregor M, Seidler U (October 2002). "The down regulated in adenoma (dra) gene product binds to the second PDZ domain of the NHE3 kinase A regulatory protein (E3KARP), potentially linking intestinal Cl-/HCO3- exchange to Na+/H+ exchange". Biochemistry. 41 (41): 12336–42. doi:10.1021/bi0259103. PMID12369822.