{"symbol":"SLC20A2","synonyms":["IBGC1","IBGC3","RAM1","MLVAR","GLVR2","GLVR-2","PIT2","Ram-1","PIT-2"],"name":"solute carrier family 20 (phosphate transporter), member 2","description":"This gene encodes a member of the inorganic phosphate transporter family. The encoded protein is a type 3 sodium-dependent phosphate symporter that plays an important role in phosphate homeostasis by mediating cellular phosphate uptake. The encoded protein also confers susceptibility to viral infection as a gamma-retroviral receptor. Mutations in this gene may play a role in familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2012]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":6575,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/6575","proteins":[{"symbol":"S20A2_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/S20A2_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Solute carriers (SLC)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Solute+carriers+%28SLC%29"}]}