Seawater fish use an electrogenic boric acid transporter, Slc4a11A, for boric acid excretion by the kidney
Akira Kato, Yuuri Kimura, Yukihiro Kurita, Min‐Hwang Chang, Koji Kasai, Toru Fujiwara, Taku Hirata, Hiroyuki Doi, Shigehisa Hirose, Michael F. Romero
Abstract
exchanger. These observations suggest that Slc4a11A is involved in the kidney tubular secretion of boric acid in SW fish, probably induced by the negative membrane potential and low pH of urine.
Topics & Concepts
Boric acidCotransporterBiochemistryChemistryEuryhalineBiologySodiumFish <Actinopterygii>FisheryOrganic chemistryPlant Micronutrient Interactions and EffectsAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthPlant Stress Responses and Tolerance